Articles tagged "Viral therapy"

2015 American Transplant Congress
The Role of Antiviral Prophylaxis for the Prevention of Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) Associated Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disease (PTLD) in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients: A Systematic Review
M. AlDabbagh,^1,2 M. Gitman,³ D. Kumar, A. Humar, C. Rotstein, S. Husain.^1,3
¹Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University Health Network, Toronto, On, Canada; ²Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, King Abdulaziz Medical City, National Guard Health Affairs, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; ³Multi-Organ Transplant Unit, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Background The role of antiviral prophylaxis in EBV seronegative solid organ transplant recipients receiving organs from seropositive donors for prevention of PTLD remains controversial. We…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Safety and Efficacy of Pegylated Interferon and Ribavirin for Chronic Hepatitis C Following Renal Transplantation
G. Chen, L. Zhu, S. Chen, X. Wang, Z. Lin.
Institute of Organ Transplantation, Tongji Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
Objective We sought to investigate the safety and efficacy of pegylated Interferon (PEG-IFN) and ribavirin for chronic hepatitis C (HCV) following renal transplantation.Methods Ten adult…