Articles tagged "Vaccination"

2021 American Transplant Congress
Clearance of Viral RNA and DNA and Antibody Response Following Administration of Live Attenuated Measles and Varicella Vaccines in Children with Chronic Liver Disease
S. Kemme¹, A. Weinberg², A. G. Feldman¹
¹Children's Hospital Colorado, Denver, CO, ²University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO
*Purpose: Guidelines recommend waiting four weeks between live vaccine administration and transplantation; however, there is little data to support this waiting period and it often…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Living Organ Donor Perspectives on Covid-19 Vaccines
M. N. Harhay¹, A. Klassen², H. Zaidi¹, M. Mittelman³, R. Bertha³, R. Mannon⁴, K. Lentine⁵
¹Medicine, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, ²Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, ³American Living Organ Donor Fund, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁵Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO
*Purpose: Promoting widespread COVID-19 vaccinations is a crucial strategy to protect living organ donors and transplant recipients during the pandemic. We examined perspectives and sources…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Use of Subunit Herpes Zoster Vaccine in VZV-Seronegative Transplant Recipients to Prevent Primary Varicella
A. G. L'Huillier¹, V. H. Ferreira², C. Hirzel³, M. Ierullo², T. Ku², N. Selzner², J. Schiff², J. Tikkanen², C. Miao⁴, D. S. Schmid⁴, A. Humar², D. Kumar²
¹HUG, Geneva, Switzerland, ²UHN, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland, ⁴CDC, Atlanta, GA
*Purpose: Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) primary infection can be prevented by using the live varicella vaccine. However, this is contraindicated after organ transplant. We investigated the…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Safety and Immunogenicity of Adjuvanted Recombinant Subunit Herpes Zoster Vaccine in Lung Transplant Recipients
C. Hirzel¹, V. H. Ferreira¹, A. G. L’Huillier¹, T. Ku¹, M. Ierullo¹, C. Miao², D. S. Schmid², J. Tikkanen¹, L. G. Singer¹, A. Humar¹, D. Kumar¹
¹University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²CDC, Atlanta, GA
*Purpose: The new adjuvanted subunit recombinant herpes zoster vaccine (RZV; Shingrix™) may have potential utility in transplant patients for the prevention of shingles, but there…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Role of Peptide Antigen, Antigen-Presenting Cells and CD4 T Cells in Modulating BK Polyomavirus (BKPyV)-Specific CD8 T Cell Responses In Vitro
M. Wilhelm, A. Kaur, M. Wernli, H. H. Hirsch
Biomedicine, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
*Purpose: BKPyV persists as significant cause of premature kidney transplant failure. Current treatment is based on reducing immunosuppression to regain immune control over BKPyV replication…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Influenza-Associated Hospitalizations in Pediatric Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
Z. Haddadin¹, V. Probst¹, H. Rahman¹, M. Hall², C. Thurm², N. Halasa¹, J. Godown³, D. E. Dulek¹
¹Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ²Children's Hospital Association, Lenexa, KS, ³Pediatric Cardiology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
*Purpose: Pediatric solid organ transplant (pSOT) recipients are at high risk for severe influenza virus infection. Data regarding the incidence, morbidity, mortality, and economic burden…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Incident Influenza Cases and Missed Opportunities for Vaccination among Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
D. Abraham, H. J. Neumann, S. A. Mehta
New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY
*Purpose: The aim of this study was to identify missed opportunities for high-dose (HD) influenza vaccination among solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients and improve influenza…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Infectious Disease Intervention on Vaccine Compliance in Pediatric Heart Transplant Patients
S. R. Lauhon¹, G. Stendahl², P. Simpson³, S. J. Kindel², A. R. Punnoose², A. R. Huppler²
¹Medical College of Wisconsin, Wauwatosa, WI, ²Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Wauwatosa, WI, ³Division of Quantitative Health Sciences, Medical College of Wisconsin, Wauwatosa, WI
*Purpose: This study assesses the impact of including an Infectious Disease (ID) component in the pre-transplant evaluation on patients’ compliance with the CDC recommended vaccination…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Pharmacist Initiated Hepatitis B Vaccinations in Liver Transplant Recipients
A. Reid¹, S. Todd¹, M. Morrison², A. Adams¹
¹Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA, ²Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
*Purpose: The risk of developing hepatitis B after liver transplantation remains high in nonimmune patients receiving an allograft from a hepatitis B core antibody positive…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Improving Vaccination Rates for Influenza and Pneumococcal Disease in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients
A. M. McGrath¹, J. Baquir¹, L. Maestretti¹, G. James¹, K. DiNello¹, M. Patton¹, A. Fong¹, A. Gallo², V. Sigurjonsdottir², P. Grimm², A. Chaudhuri²
¹Pediatric Kidney Transplant, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford, Palo Alto, CA, ²Pediatric Kidney Transplant, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
*Purpose: Pediatric renal transplant recipients are highly vulnerable to infections caused by influenza and pneumococcus and vaccines are recommended in this population. At our center,…