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Articles tagged "Prophylaxis"

  • 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…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Experience With Letermovir Use For The Management Of Cytomegalovirus In Solid Organ Transplant Recipients

    J. L. Orejas1, F. M. Marty1, A. M. McDonnell2, M. P. Cheng1, E. Arbona-Haddad1, S. P. Hammond1, S. Koo1

    1Division of Infectious Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 2Department of Pharmacy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA

    *Purpose: Letermovir is a new antiviral recently approved for cytomegalovirus (CMV) prophylaxis in CMV-seropositive hematopoietic-cell transplant recipients. Its off-label use in solid organ transplant (SOT)…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Incidence of Cytomegalovirus in Moderate Risk Kidney Transplant Recipients Receiving Low Dose Valganciclovir

    T. Fallah1, A. Logan2, L. Beltran Garcia3, L. Bowman2

    1Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL, 3Florida Kidney Physicians, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL

    *Purpose: Studies evaluating the efficacy of valganciclovir (VGC) at 450 mg daily versus 900 mg daily for the prevention of cytomegalovirus (CMV) in kidney transplant…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Target Itraconazole Trough Concentration for Prophylaxis in Lung Transplant

    J. A. Morillas-Rodriguez1, H. Hassouna2, F. Marco-Canosa3, K. D. Brizendine1

    1Infectious disease, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, 2Infectious disease, Spectrum health, Grand rapids, MI, 3Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

    *Purpose: Itraconazole (ITR) therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) for prophylaxis in lung transplant recipients (LTR) is not well characterized. Our purpose was to evaluate ITR trough…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Outbreak of Pneumocystis Pneumonia in a Transplant Center Linked to a Single Genotype of Pneumocystis jirovecii: Effects of Cytomegalovirus Infection and Allograft Rejection

    S. Hosseini-Moghaddam1, S. Dufresne2, M. Shokoohi3, G. Singh1, E. HunterGutierrez1, P. Dufresne2, A. House1, P. Luke1, A. Nagpal1, P. Marotta1, A. Humar4, A. Jevnikar1, D. Kumar4

    1Western University,LHSC,University Hospital, London, ON, Canada, 2Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital,Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada, 3Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Western University, London, ON, Canada, 4University of Toronto, University Health Network, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada

    *Purpose: Although post-transplant pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) outbreaks have been reported from Asia, Australia and Europe, there are limited data from North America. We investigated transmissibility…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Pneumocystis Prophylaxis in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients at Two Large Transplant Centers from 2015-2016: Why Not Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole?

    J. M. Lum1, V. Athans2, I. Echenique3, C. E. Koval1

    1Infectious Diseases, Cleveland Clinic Floundation, Cleveland, OH, 2Infectious Diseases, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 3Infectious Diseases, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, FL

    *Purpose: Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (T/S) is the drug of choice for Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP) prophylaxis (ppx) after solid organ transplant (SOT). Perceived side effects may lead…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Impact of a Short Duration, Narrow Spectrum Perioperative Antibiotic Prophylaxis Regimen on Multi-Drug Resistant Surgical Site Infections in Adult Orthotopic Liver Transplantation

    M. John1, K. Maguigan1, D. Schain2, E. Thomas3, P. Efron4, J. Nelson5

    1Pharmacy, UF Health Shands Hospital, Gainesville, FL, 2Infectious Diseases, UF Health Shands Hospital, Gainesville, FL, 3Transplant Surgery, University Health System, San Antonio, TX, 4Surgery, UF Health Shands Hospital, Gainesville, FL, 5Pharmacy, University Health System, San Antonio, TX

    *Purpose: There is a paucity of data defining the optimal agent and timing of peri-operative antimicrobial prophylaxis in orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). The purpose of…
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