Articles tagged "Infection"

2015 American Transplant Congress
Prevalence and Clinical Outcomes Associated With Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcal Colonization Or Infection After Small Intestinal Transplantation
N. Shah,¹ L. Nabha,² R. Teran,³ C. Matsumoto,⁴ R. Farney,⁵ P. Kumar,⁶ J. Timpone.⁷
¹Infectious Diseases, MEDSTAR Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC; ²Infectious Diseases, MEDSTAR Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC; ³Infectious Diseases, MEDSTAR Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC; ⁴MEDSTAR Georgetown Transplant Institute, MEDSTAR Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC; ⁵Infectious Diseases, MEDSTAR Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC; ⁶Infectious Diseases, MEDSTAR Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC; ⁷Infectious Diseases, MEDSTAR Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC.
BACKGROUND: Vancomycin-resistant enterococcal (VRE) infections cause significant morbidity and mortality amongst SOT recipients. However, little is known about the relevance of VRE in small intestinal…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Does Infection Impact On Tacrolimus Blood Levels in Kidney Transplant Recipients?
N. Kanaan,¹ C. Percy,¹ Z. Hassoun,² M. Mourad,³ C. Beguin,⁴ M. De Meyer,³ E. Goffin.¹
¹Nephrology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc, Brussels, Belgium; ²Gastroenterology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc, Brussels, Belgium; ³Abdominal Surgery and Transplantation, Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc, Brussels, Belgium; ⁴Medical Information and Statistics, Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc, Brussels, Belgium.
Background Tacrolimus (Tac) is the cornerstone of immunosuppressive therapy in kidney transplant recipients. It is metabolized by members of the cytochrome p450 (CYP) 3A subfamily…
2015 American Transplant Congress
The Epidemiology of Surgical Site Infections Among Pediatric Liver Transplant Recipients
D. Banach,¹ A. Munoz-Abraham,² L. Dembry,¹ M. Rodriguez-Davalos.²
¹Internal Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; ²Yale-New Haven Transplantation Center, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT.
Background: Surgical site infections (SSI) are a significant cause of morbidity among adult liver transplant (LT) recipients. Data on SSI epidemiology and SSI-associated outcomes among…