2016 American Transplant Congress
One Year Post VZV Booster: Still Equal Response in Renal Transplant Recipients Compared to Healthy Persons.
Introduction: Herpes zoster occurs more frequently and with more complications in solid organ transplant recipients than in age matched healthy persons. Vaccination could prevent herpes…2015 American Transplant Congress
Antibody Response Following Influenza Vaccination in Renal Transplant Recipients
Indiana University School of Medicne-IU Health, Indianapolis, IN.
Purpose: Following the recommended consensus guidelines of ATC for vaccination, at our institution we recommend annual vaccination for influenza + H1N1 (Flu) for renal transplant…2015 American Transplant Congress
Primary and Secondary Vaccine Responses in a Non-Human Primate Model of Cardiac Allotransplantation
Purpose: To compare the effect of calcineurin- versus costimulation-based immunosuppression on primary and secondary vaccine responses in non-human primate heart transplant recipients.Background: Antibody response following…2015 American Transplant Congress
Early Antibody Mediated Rejection in HLA Antibody Incompatible Kidney Transplantation – A Treatable Condition Without Heavy Induction Immunosuppression
Transplantation across preformed donor specific HLA antibodies (DSA) not only carries a risk of early acute antibody mediated rejection (AMR) and graft loss, but also…2015 American Transplant Congress
Outbreak of Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1pdm) in a Kidney Transplant Unit – The Protective Effect of Vaccination
Background: Seasonal influenza vaccination is recommended for patients with end-stage renal disease, although the efficacy of the vaccination among these patients is unknown. We characterize…2015 American Transplant Congress
Heterologous Immune Responses to Influenza Vaccine in Kidney Transplant Recipients
Background:Influenza vaccine is known to have suboptimal immunogenicity in transplant recipients. However, influenza vaccine may have the added benefit of inducing a cross-reactive immune response…2015 American Transplant Congress
Assessing Pre-Vaccination Cytokine Levels to Predict Immunogenicity to Seasonal Trivalent Influenza Vaccine in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
Multi-Organ Transplant Program, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada.
Background: The immunogenicity of seasonal trivalent influenza vaccine (TIV) in solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients remains suboptimal. We hypothesized that analysis of pre-vaccination T- and…2015 American Transplant Congress
Vaccine Responses in Combined Hematopoeitic Stem Cell-Kidney Transplant Recipients
Background: Vaccines remain one of the most effective methods of preventing infections following transplantation. Data suggests that vaccine responses are reduced in recipients of hematopoeitic…2015 American Transplant Congress
Suboptimal Vaccination Coverage After Liver Transplantation: Opportunity for Improvement
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH.
Elimination of vaccine-preventable disease after solid organ transplantation (SOT) has the potential to improve outcomes. We evaluated immunization rates and the impact of directed recommendations…2015 American Transplant Congress
Boosting the Adaptive Immune Response Prevents the High Incidence of Herpes Zoster After Lung or Heart Transplantation
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).…
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