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Articles tagged "Prophylaxis"

  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Incidence of Urinary Tract Infections in Kidney Transplant Recipients Receiving Alternate Antimicrobial Prophylaxis Regimens

    D. Quan1, J. Phillips1, E. Chiang1, V. Kuo2

    1UCSF Health, San Francisco, CA, 2UC Davis, Davis, CA

    *Purpose: Urinary tract infections (UTI) occur frequently in renal transplant (RT) recipients. Antimicrobial prophylaxis may help prevent UTI early post RT. Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (TMP/SMX) is the…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Cytomegalovirus Preemptive Monitoring Conversion and the Use of a Preemptive Threshold after Solid Organ Transplant

    C. Wong, M. Jorgenson, J. Descourouez, C. Saddler, J. Smith, D. Mandelbrot

    UWHC, Madison, WI

    *Purpose: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) in solid organ transplant (SOT) is associated with negative graft and patient outcomes. Prophylactic agents of choice have substantial cytotoxicity, and patients…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Direct Acting Anti-Viral Prophylaxis to Prevent Virus Transmission from Hepatitis C Viremic Donors to Hepatitis C Negative Kideney Transplant Recipients

    G. Gupta, I. Yakubu, D. Kumar, I. Moinuddin, L. Kamal, A. King, C. Bhati, A. Sharma, A. Cotterell, A. Khan, M. Levy, R. Sterling

    Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

    *Purpose: Previous trials in kidney transplantation (KT) have described a 12-week course of direct-acting anti-viral drugs (DAA) to treat HCV transmission from infected donors to…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Evaluation of Cytomegalovirus Prophylaxis in Low and Intermediate Risk Kidney Transplant Recipients Receiving Lymphocyte-Depleting Induction

    H. Stamps, K. Linder, D. O'Sullivan, F. Cheema, H. Kutzler

    Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT

    *Purpose: This study evaluates if choice and duration of Cytomegalovirus (CMV) prophylaxis based on donor (D) and recipient (R) CMV serostatus impacts the incidence of…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    The Safety and Effectiveness and of Isoniazid Empirical Prophylaxis Compared to Screening Based Prophylaxis Post Lung Transplantation

    G. B. Korayem1, R. S. Almaghrabi2, N. I. AlSuhaibani1, G. S. AlSwailem1, M. A. AlShammari1, D. A. Aleissa3

    1Pharmacy Practice Department, College of Pharmacy, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 3Transplant Clinical Pharmacist, Pharmaceutical Care Division, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    *Purpose: Even though guidelines recommend using isoniazid (INH) for TB prophylaxis depending on donors and recipients’ screening tests, previous studies supported its use in all…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Alternate Triazole Therapy for Breakthrough Invasive Fungal Disease in Lung Transplant Recipients on Triazole Prophylaxis

    A. Abbas, H. Hassouna, F. Marco Canosa, K. D. Brizendine

    Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH

    *Purpose: Invasive fungal diseases (IFD) are a leading cause of infection related morbidity and mortality in lung transplant (LT) recipients. Data regarding outcomes of breakthrough…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Isavuconazole (ISA) versus Voriconazole (VOR) Prophylaxis (px) in Lung Transplant Recipients (LTR)

    P. Samanta, C. J. Clancy, R. V. Marini, R. Rivosecchi, E. K. McCreary, R. K. Shields, B. A. Falcione, A. Viehman, L. Sacha, E. J. Kwak, F. P. Silveira, L. Clarke, M. H. Nguyen

    University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA

    *Purpose: IFI is a significant complication following lung transplant (LT). VOR was universal antifungal (AF) px in our LT program from 2004-09/2015, at which time…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Antimicrobial Prophylaxis Post Antibody Mediated Rejection Treatment in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients: Interim Report from the Paramour “PediAtric Renal AMr Outcomes” Study

    S. Solomon1, R. Garro2, N. Hayde3, A. Jain4, M. Kallash5, K. Twombley6, I. Ashoor7

    1Maria Fareri Children's Hospital, Valhalla, NY, 2Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 3The Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, NY, 4Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI, 5Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, 6Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, 7LSU Health New Orleans, New Orleans, LA

    *Purpose: Universal guidelines do not exist for post antibody mediated rejection (AMR) treatment antimicrobial prophylaxis (ppx) in pediatric kidney transplant (KT) recipients. We sought to…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Stewardship Effortsto Eliminate Post-Orthotopic Liver Transplant Antibiotics in Uncomplicated Patients Leads to Equivalent Safety Outcomes

    J. Yau, J. Dann, W. Ally, J. Geyston, S. Pelletier, C. Sifri

    University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA

    *Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate safety and efficacy endpoints of a revised post-operative antibiotic prophylaxis protocol in orthotopic liver transplant (OLT)…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Pneumocystis Pneumonia Occurrence and Prophylaxis Duration in Kidney Transplant Recipients According to Perioperative Treatment with Rituximab

    Y. Ko, Y. Kim, D. Han, H. Kwon

    Department of Surgery, Division of Kidney and Pancreas Transplant, AMC, Seoul, Korea, Republic of

    *Purpose: Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) is a life-threatening fungal infection that can occur in kidney transplantation (KT) recipients. A growing number of KT recipients are receiving…
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