Articles tagged "Infection"

2015 American Transplant Congress
Infections After Alemtuzumab Induction: A Non Issue?
A. Smith, M. John, I. Dortonne, A. Paramesh, M. Killackey, R. Zhang, B. Lee, J. Buell.
Transplant Institute, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA.
Background: Alemtuzumab is a powerful induction agent that depletes multiple lymphocyte cell lines resulting in leukopenia and/or neutropenia with concerns over infectious complications. This study…
2015 American Transplant Congress
BK Virus-Specific Polyfunctional CD8+ T Cells Predicts Successful Control of BK Viremia After Kidney Transplantation
J. Schaenman,¹ Y. Korin,² T. Sidwell,² F. Kandarian,² N. Harre,² P.-T. Pham,³ S. Bunnapradist,³ G. Danovitch,³ J. Veale,⁴ H. Gritsch,⁴ E. Reed.²
¹Medicine/Infectious Diseases, David Geffen School of Medicine (DGSOM) at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA; ²UCLA Immunogenetics Center, DGSOM at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA; ³Medicine/Nephrology, DGSOM at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA; ⁴Urology, DGSOM at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.
Introduction: BK Virus associated nephropathy (BKN) remains an important cause of graft loss after kidney transplantation. We hypothesized that analysis of the anti-BK virus immune…
2015 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of FcγRIIA, FcγRIIIA and C1QA Genes Polymorphism On Infectious Complications Following Renal Transplantation
L. Das, Y. Tanaka, S. Verma, S. Shimizu, K. Ide, H. Ohdan.
Department of Gastroenterological and Transplant Surgery, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.
AIM- Infectious complication is the leading cause of graft and patient loss after renal transplantation (RT). Under immunosuppressive condition when acquired immunity is suppressed, components…