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Betaherpesviruses in transplant recipients [PDF]

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 2000
The three betaherpesviruses known to infect humans are cytomegalovirus (CMV) and human herpesviruses 6 and 7 (HHV-6 and -7). All three viruses can infect opportunistically after organ transplantation. CMV causes a variety of end-organ diseases, including pneumonitis, hepatitis and gastrointestinal ulceration. Patients who develop overt CMV disease have
P D, Griffiths, D A, Clark, V C, Emery
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Cancer in the Transplant Recipient [PDF]

Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine, 2013
Malignancy has become one of the three major causes of death after transplantation in the past decade and is thus increasingly important in all organ transplant programs. Death from cardiovascular disease and infection are both decreasing in frequency from a combination of screening, prophylaxis, aggressive risk factor management, and interventional ...
Jeremy R, Chapman, Angela C, Webster, Germaine, Wong   +2 more
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Increasing influenza vaccination rates in solid organ transplant recipients in an outpatient transplant centre

Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare, 2020
Although influenza can lead to significant morbidity and mortality in solid organ transplant recipients, its vaccination rate among solid organ transplant recipients remains low.
Yan Ting Yeo, Jielin Song, Eleanor Gek Theng Ng, Nuraini Lee Binte Ismail Lee, Terence Yi Shern Kee, Chee Kiat Tan, Petrina Yuen Wai Fan, Puay Hoon Lee   +7 more
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Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccination Followed by Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccination in Lung Transplant Candidates and Recipients

Transplantation Direct, 2020
Background. Pneumococcal conjugate vaccination as well as pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccination are recommended for lung transplant candidates and recipients, but the combination of these vaccines has not been extensively studied in these specific ...
Thijs W. Hoffman, MD, Bob Meek, PhD, Ger T. Rijkers, PhD, Jan C. Grutters, MD, PhD, Diana A. van Kessel, MD, PhD   +4 more
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Antibody titer after administration of mRNA‐based vaccine against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 in liver transplant recipients

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, 2023
Introduction The mRNA‐based vaccine was released as a COVID‐19 prophylactic; however, its efficacy in organ transplant recipients is unknown. This study aimed to clarify this in liver transplant recipients.
Atsuyoshi Mita, Yasunari Ohno, Yuichi Masuda, Kazuki Yoshizawa, Koji Kubota, Tsuyoshi Notake, Akira Shimizu, Hidetoshi Matsunami, Yuji Soejima   +8 more
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Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Potential Renal Transplant Recipients and Live Donors in a Tertiary Level Transplant Center in Nepal

Journal of Nobel Medical College, 2022
Background: Active tuberculosis in transplant recipients can result from latent infection with Mycobacterium Tuberculosis in the transplant recipients, donor tissue, or de novo post-transplant infection.
Suresh Maharjan, Bikash Khatri, Deepa Chemjong, Bijay Khatri, Dibya Singh Shah   +4 more
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Epidemiology, risk factors, and clinical impact of early post-transplant infection in older kidney transplant recipients: the Korean organ transplantation registry study

BMC Geriatrics, 2020
Background As in younger recipients, post-transplant infection is a frequent and devastating complication after kidney transplantation (KT) in older recipients.
Jin Sug Kim, Kyung Hwan Jeong, Dong Won Lee, Sam Yeol Lee, Sang Ho Lee, Jaeseok Yang, Curie Ahn, Hyeon Seok Hwang, the Korean Organ Transplantation Registry Study Group   +8 more
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First confirmed case of native Polyomavirus BK nephropathy in a liver transplant recipient seven years post-transplant

Annals of Hepatology, 2015
Renal dysfunction frequently occurs in liver transplant recipients and is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. BK virus is a human polyoma virus that reactivates during immunocompromised states and is a known cause of renal allograft ...
Yangmin Zeng, Alex Magil, Trana Hussaini, C. Kit Yeung, Siegfried R. Erb, Vladimir Marquez-Alazagara, Eric M. Yoshida, MD, MHSc, FRCP(C), FACP, FACG, FCAHS, FAASLD   +6 more
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Cutaneous fungal infections in solid organ transplant recipients

Revista da Sociedade Portuguesa de Dermatologia e Venereologia, 2022
Long-term exposure to immunosuppressive drugs is a significant risk factor for the development of both cancers and infections. Solid-organ transplant recipients benefit from dermatology follow-up, allowing early diagnosis and treatment of these ...
Ana Gusmão Palmeiro, João Borges-da-Costa   +1 more
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Impact of the donor-recipient gender matching on the graft survival from live donors

BMC Nephrology, 2020
Background Several factors such as recipient age, BMI, serum cratinine, and positive history of dialysis are important in predicting graft survival among kidney transplant recipients.
Gholamhossein Naderi, Amin Azadfar, Seyed Reza Yahyazadeh, Fatemeh Khatami, Seyed Mohammad Kazem Aghamir   +4 more
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