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Articles tagged "Reinfection"

  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Transplanting Livers from Hepatitis C Virus Positive Donors; Is it Worth the Risk?

    J. W. Mensink1, B. Van Hoek2, B. Schaefer3, M. D. Van Rosmalen4, I. P. Alwayn5, A. E. Braat5

    1Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, 2Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, 3Dutch Transplant Foundation, Leiden, Netherlands, 4Eurotransplant International Foundation, Leiden, Netherlands, 5Transplant Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands

    *Purpose: Before the introduction of Direct-Acting Antivirals (DAAs), only selected organs from Hepatitis C virus (HCV) positive donors were successfully transplanted into HCV positive recipients.…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    The Impact of Antibiotic Therapy on Clinical Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Recipients with Asymptomatic Bacteriuria

    J. Gabriel1, S. Shaikh2, J. Park1, S. Tischer1, D. Kaul1, T. Patel1

    1Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, 2MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC

    *Purpose: Asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) occurs in nearly 50% of kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) in the first year post-transplant. Data evaluating the risk of untreated ASB…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Clostridium difficile Recurrence in Abdominal Organ Transplant Recipients: Metronidazole versus Oral Vancomycin

    A. Moorman,1 S. Todd,1 G. Lyon III,2 H. Triemer.1

    1Department of Pharmaceutical Services, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA; 2Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.

    Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is one of the most common hospital-acquired infections among the general inpatient population with recurrence rates of 20-30% despite appropriate treatment.…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    High Incidence of Herpes Zoster After Kidney, Liver, Heart and Lung Transplantation.

    N. van Besouw, S. Roest, D. Bovée, H. Metselaar, R. Hoek, J. van Weezel, A. van der Eijk, W. Weimar, O. Manintveld, M. Kho.

    Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands.

    Background: Primary varicella zoster virus (VZV) infection causes varicella and lifelong latent infection in neural ganglia from which it may reactivate leading to herpes zoster…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Torque Teno Virus – Inverse Association with Late Silent Antibody Mediated Kidney Allograft Rejection.

    G. Bond,1 M. Schiemann,1 F. Eskandary,1 H. Herkner,2 E. Puchhammer,3 R. Oberbauer,1 G. Böhmig.1

    1Nephrology and Dialysis, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; 2Emergency Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; 3Virology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.

    Clinical Problem and hypothesis: Antibody mediated rejection (ABMR) is a cardinal cause of late graft failure after kidney transplantation (KTX). A promising predictive diagnostic tool…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    DSA MFI Does Not Predict Late Antibody-Mediated Rejection Lesions Or Gene Expression Changes in Kidney Transplants

    L. Hidalgo,1 J. Venner,2 P. Halloran.2

    1Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada; 2Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.

    BACKGROUND: It is unclear whether donor-specific HLA antibody (DSA) levels at the time of a clinically-indicated biopsy can be predictive of the degree of antibody-mediated…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Boosting the Adaptive Immune Response Prevents the High Incidence of Herpes Zoster After Lung or Heart Transplantation

    N. van Besouw,1 S. Roest,2 J. Zuijderwijk,1 R. de Kuiper,1 J. van Weezel,3 A. van der Eijk,4 W. Weimar,1 P. Hal,3 O. Manintveld.2

    1Internal Medicine - Transplantation, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands; 2Cardiology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands; 3Respiratory Medicine, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands; 4Viroscience, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands.

    Purpose Primary varicella zoster virus (VZV) infection causes varicella and lifelong latent infection in ganglia from which it may reactivate leading to herpes zoster (HZ).…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Incidence of Hepatitis B Virus Reactivation in Kidney Transplant Patients Who Received Rituximab Administration

    K. Omoto, M. Okumi, D. Toki, T. Shimizu, H. Ishida, K. Tanabe.

    Department of Urology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.

    OBJECTIVE:The efficacy of antiviral prophylaxis for rituximab (RIT)-associated hepatitis B virus (HBV) reactivation in patients with lymphoma has been recently reported. However, the immunological effect…

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