Articles tagged "Infection"

2015 American Transplant Congress
Late Recurrent UTIs in Kidney Transplant Patients: Risk Factors , Microbiologic and Antibiotic Resistance Patterns
A. Regmi, D. Kumar, A. King, G. Gupta.
Division of Nephrology, Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, VA.
Background: Urinary tract infections (UTI) are the most common infection among kidney transplant (KT) patients and are associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Most studies…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Return to Work and Occupational Infection Risks in Transplant Recipients
R. Avery,¹ D. Ostrander,¹ S. Shoham,¹ S. Alp,² N. Lu,¹ C. Cave,¹ E. Kraus,³ K. Marr.¹
¹Infectious Disease, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD; ²Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey; ³Nephrology, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD.
Background: Counseling is commonly provided to transplant recipients who are planning to return to work, regarding potential infection risks in the workplace. However, the nature…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Screening for West Nile Virus in California: Resolving IgM Anti-WNV in the Area With Dengue Seroprevalence
C. Chinchilla-Reyes,^1,2 D. Tanglao,¹ T. Mone,³ M. Koss,¹ M. Nowicki.^1,2
¹Viracor-IBT Laboratories, Los Angeles; ²Mendez National Institute of Transplantation Foundation, Los Angeles; ³OneLegacy, Los Angeles.
West Nile Virus (WNV) symptoms develop 2-15 days after exposure with a short period of viremia (6-7 days). It is possible to detect WNV in…