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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…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    A Single-Center Experience with a 6-Month Regimen of Pneumocystis jiroveci Pneumonia Prophylaxis in HIV-Positive Kidney Transplant Recipients

    C. Mejia1, G. Malat2, D. H. Lee3, S. Epstein1, M. Harhay3, L. Levin Mizrahi3, K. Ranganna3

    1Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, 2Hahnemann University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, 3Medicine, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA

    *Purpose: Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia (PJP) prophylaxis is recommended for all kidney transplant recipients (KTR) for after transplant. HIV-positive KTRs represent a unique subset, and there…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Azole Use and Fungal Pathogens in Cystic Fibrosis versus Non-Cystic Fibrosis Lung Transplant Recipients

    F. J. Marco Canosa1, K. Brizendine2, H. Hassouna3

    1Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, 2Infectious Disease, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, 3Infectious Disease, Spectrum Health Infectious Disease, Grand Rapids, MI

    *Purpose: Cystic fibrosis (CF) patients exhibit unique pharmacokinetic principles. Azole antifungals show marked inter- and intra-patient variability. We aimed to improve itraconazole (ITR) use and…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis Prophylaxis Increases the Risk of Multi-Drug Resistant Cultures and Infections in Liver Transplant Patients

    R. Rosenblatt, A. Schluger, M. Pereira, E. Verna

    Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY

    *Purpose: Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis prophylaxis (SBP-P) is increasingly prescribed to patients awaiting liver transplantation (LT), but its impact on multidrug resistant organisms (MDRO) or the…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Effect of Enoxaparin Prophylaxis on Early VTE Post Lung Transplant

    S. Marshall1, K. Tsveybel1, S. Boukedes1, P. Burkett2, R. Chepuri2, A. Coppolino3, M. Divo2, S. El-Chemaly2, S. Keller2, J. Kennedy2, H. Mallidi3, G. Mody3, T. Thaniyavarn2, A. Trindade2, K. Townsend1, H. Goldberg2

    1Lung Transplant, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 2Pulmonary Division, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 3Thoracic Surgery, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA

    *Purpose: Thromboembolic complications are common post-transplant leading to significant morbidity. We instituted early enoxaparin prophylaxis (ppx) in lung transplant recipients (LTR) due to an observed…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Risk Stratification of Cytomegalovirus Seropositive Kidney Transplant Recipients for CMV Infection

    M. M. Azar1, A. Baghban1, K. Belfield1, R. Assi2, M. Malinis1

    1Yale University, New Haven, CT, 2University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

    *Purpose: Current consensus guidelines for CMV prevention recommend valganciclovir (VGCV) prophylaxis for 3 months after transplantation for CMV R+ kidney transplant recipients (KTR). This standard…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Anti-Fungal Prophylaxis in Lung Transplant: A Systematic Review/Meta-Analysis

    K. Pennington, M. Baqir, P. Erwin, H. Murad, R. Razonable, C. C. Kennedy

    Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

    *Purpose: Invasive fungal infections (IFI) increase morbidity and mortality after lung transplant. Despite this, anti-fungal prophylaxis (AFP) in lung transplant recipients (LTR) varies by prophylactic…
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