2018 American Transplant Congress
Humoral Immune Response to Seasonal Influenza Infection in Transplant Recipients
Background: Little is known about the serologic response to natural influenza infection in transplant recipients. We describe the hemagglutinin antibody response to influenza A/H1N1 infection…2018 American Transplant Congress
Pattern of Respiratory Virus Infection (RVI) and Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction (CLAD) in Lung Transplant Recipients (LTR)
University of ALberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Background: The indirect effects of RVI in LTR are controversial. We aimed to define patterns of RVI in LTR and the impact on CLAD and…2018 American Transplant Congress
Mycoplasma hominis Infection in Lung Transplant Recipients: A Retrospective Case Series
1UHN, Toronto, ON, Canada; 2University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; 3UC-San Diego, San Diego.
Background: Mycoplasma hominis is increasingly recognized as a respiratory pathogen causing invasive disease in solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients. We reviewed the clinical characteristics, management…2018 American Transplant Congress
Colistin (COL) in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients (SOTR): Friend or Foe?
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.
Background: Data on COL use in SOTR are lacking. In other populations, high dose (HD) COL (>4.4mg/kg/day) has been associated with clinical and microbiologic cure…2018 American Transplant Congress
In Vitro Evaluation of Antibiotic Persistence in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus Isolates from Cystic Fibrosis Patients
UW Hospital & Clinics, Madison; UW School of Pharmacy, Madison.
Purpose: The mechanisms of antibiotic persistence in immunosuppressed populations are not fully understood. Patients with cystic fibrosis (CF), both the pre-transplant and post-transplant phase often…2017 American Transplant Congress
Diagnostic Bronchoscopy in Kidney Transplant Recipients with Acute Respiratory Failure: Risk or Value?
Nephrology, Charité Universitaetsmedizin, Berlin, Germany
Introduction:Few data evaluates the differential diagnostic value of bronchoalveolar lavages (FO-BAL) in kidney transplant recipients (KTR) with acute respiratory failure (ARF). We describe the results…2016 American Transplant Congress
A 5-Year Multicenter Evaluation of Seasonal Influenza Infection in Transplant Recipients.
Background:Seasonal influenza infection may cause significant morbidity and mortality in transplant patients. However, there are limited prospective data on clinical presentations and determinants of outcomes.…2016 American Transplant Congress
Resolution of Undefined Etiology of Respiratory Infections in Lung Transplant Patients with Unbiased Metagenomic Sequencing.
Study Purpose A high number of post-transplant infections with respiratory symptoms remain unresolved, despite routine testing for the common respiratory viruses. Using an open metagenomic…2016 American Transplant Congress
Susceptibility Patterns of Pre-Transplant Pseudomonas and Post-Lung Transplant Outcomes in Patients with Cystic Fibrosis.
Background: The impact of pre-lung transplant (LT) pan-drug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PDR PsA) colonization on post-LT mortality and bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS) rates in cystic fibrosis…2016 American Transplant Congress
An Analysis of Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infection and Colonization in Lung Transplant Recipients (LTRs) Post-Transplant: A Single Center Matched Cohort Study.
PurposeNTM is a common infection after Lung transplantation. The role of presence of granuloma in the explanted lungs of LTRs in subsequent development of infection…
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