Amoebic liver abscess in a renal transplant recipient - A rare entity- Case report
Infections are the most common cause of morbidity and mortality in renal transplant recipients; respiratory, urinary, and gastrointestinal infections are the most common.
Vishnu Dev Urs +5 more
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Reduced CD40L expression on ex vivo activated CD4+T-lymphocytes from patients with excellent renal allograft function measured with a rapid whole blood flow cytometry procedure [PDF]
Background: The CD40-CD40L (CD154) costimulatory pathway plays a critical role in the pathogenesis of kidney allograft rejection. In renal transplant biopsies, CD4+ CD40L+ graft-infiltrating cells were detected during chronic rejection in contrast to ...
Lederer, Stephan R. +5 more
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Comparison of glucose tolerance in renal transplant recipients and hemodialysis patients
Background Impaired glucose tolerance is a risk factor for atherosclerosis in hemodialysis patients and renal transplant recipients. Methods To check the relationship of impaired glucose tolerance with the other atherosclerotic risk factors, fasting ...
Rahbaninobar Mohammad +4 more
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Sporotrichosis in Renal Transplant Patients
The current report describes two renal transplant recipients who presented with sporotrichosis. In addition, the authors review the general aspects of sporotrichosis in renal transplant recipients reported in the literature.
Paulo Gewehr +6 more
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Polyomavirus BK-specific cellular immune response in Kidney transplant recipients [PDF]
Polyomavirus BK is an emerging pathogen in KT recipients. New potent immunosuppressive drugs promote reactivation and replication of BKV and progression towards PVAN.
Binggeli, Simone Young
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Renal Microsporidiosis in Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant Recipients: A Case Series
Microsporidiosis is a rare, but emerging opportunistic infection in solid organ transplant and stem cell transplant recipients. Renal involvement in microsporidiosis is very rarely seen in these recipients.
Saloni SHAH +7 more
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Prevalence of cryptosporidiosis in renal transplant recipients presenting with acute diarrhea at a single center in Pakistan [PDF]
Background: Cryptosporidium is an intracellular protozoan organism which causes diarrhea, both in immunocompetent and immunocompromised hosts. Renal transplant recipients are prone to develop a variety of infections including protozoal infections ...
Kapeel Raja +5 more
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The feasibility and applications of non-invasive cardiac output monitoring, thromboelastography and transit-time flow measurement in living-related renal transplantation surgery : results of a prospective pilot observational study [PDF]
Introduction: Delayed graft function (DGF) remains a significant and detrimental postoperative phenomenon following living-related renal allograft transplantation, with a published incidence of up to 15%. Early therapeutic vasodilatory interventions have
Imray, C. (Chris) +15 more
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Native Kidney Renal Cell Carcinoma in Renal Allograft Transplant Patients –Our Experience
The immunosuppression administered to renal transplant recipients to safeguard renal function elevates their susceptibility to renal cancer, which is estimated to be 15 times higher than in the general population.
Pavan Survase +4 more
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Objectives: SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia poses significant challenges to health systems worldwide, particularly, in severe and critical cases. Immunosuppressed renal transplant recipients appear to be at a particularly high risk for severe or critical COVID-19 ...
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