Abstract:
:Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) is a serious and lethal complication among organ transplant recipients. This report described the clinical manifestations and treatment of IPA over a 28-year period. From January 1979 to December 2007, 3215 organ transplant patients (2954 kidney and 261 liver recipients) were enrolled in the study. Nine patients developed IPA (7 kidney and 2 liver recipients), yielding an incidence of 0.003% (9/3215). Five IPA patients (55.6%) were diagnosed by transbronchial lung biopsy or autopsy, and 3 (33.3%) by sputum culture study. One patient was diagnosed through clinical manifestations and observations of IPA characteristics on chest X ray. We used amphotericin B (n = 4; 44.4%), voriconazole (n = 2; 22.2%), or fluconazole (n = 1; 11.1%) as the primary antifungal agents, but 2 patients could not receive antifungal agents due to rapid disease progression and sequential mortality. This study showed a high mortality rate among IPA patients (55.6%; 5/9). Only patients who received early antifungal agent thereby after a prompt diagnosis recovered from IPA. This survival advantage warrants careful monitoring for invasive fungal infections after organ transplantation with immediate administration of antifungal agents or surgical intervention.
journal_name
Transplant Procjournal_title
Transplantation proceedingsauthors
Ju MK,Joo DJ,Kim SJ,Chang HK,Kim MS,Kim SI,Kim YSdoi
10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.11.006subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2009-01-01 00:00:00pages
375-8issue
1eissn
0041-1345issn
1873-2623pii
S0041-1345(08)01602-3journal_volume
41pub_type
杂志文章abstract:OBJECTIVE:Laparoscopic living donor nephrectomy (LLDN) has become the standard procedure for renal transplantation. This technique is considered less invasive for the donor, allowing lower postoperative analgesic requirements and a faster return to daily activities. In Japan, 1123 renal transplantation were performed i...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2011.11.039
更新日期:2012-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::A recent report noted that cyclosporine (CsA) inhibits replication of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) in vitro. Thus, CsA may be a superior immunosuppressant for renal transplant recipients infected with HCV. In the present retrospective study, we assessed whether CsA reduced the clinical impact of HCV infection among tho...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2006.10.134
更新日期:2006-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Ischemic preconditioning renders the liver more tolerant to ischemia-reperfusion injury in warm and cold ischemia-reperfusion models. In general, the application of a 5 to 10-minute period of ischemia followed by 10 minutes of reperfusion confers early effective protection to the liver. Mechanisms responsible for this...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/s0041-1345(03)00571-2
更新日期:2003-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:INTRODUCTION:Liver transplantations give female recipients an ability to carry pregnancies successfully. However, solid organ transplantations exacerbate the pregnancy including maternal and neonatal outcomes. The aim of our study was to evaluate and identify the obstetric outcomes in women with a prior liver transplan...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2011.08.070
更新日期:2011-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The evaluation of a potential living kidney donor (LKD) leads to exclusion of at least 50% of candidates. The aim of this study was to analyze the reasons for exclusion of potential LKDs referred to our center. METHODS:We retrospectively analyzed historic and clinical data of all potential LKDs who were eva...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2013.08.001
更新日期:2013-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:INTRODUCTION:Diagnosis of thyroid disease is fundamental in the evaluation of patients awaiting kidney transplantation. We analyzed the incidence of thyroid disease in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and evaluated its evolution before and after kidney transplantation. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Between January ...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2009.03.014
更新日期:2009-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The pathogenesis of post-transplantation erythrocytosis (PTE) is not well understood and appears to be multifactorial. Our hypothesis in this study was that several factors, including toxicity of calcineurin inhibitor, immunologic factors, and chronic allograft nephropathy, can trigger local tissue hypoxia i...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2017.04.027
更新日期:2017-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Right lobe living donor hepatectomy poses a greater risk for the donor in relation to blood loss. The aims of this study were to compare anesthetic and intraoperative fluid management in right and left lateral segment living donor hepatectomy. PATIENTS AND METHODS:The anesthesia records of living donor hepat...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2018.03.102
更新日期:2018-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:High school students are an important target audience for organ donation education. A novel educational intervention focused on Hispanic American (HA) high school students might improve organ donation rates. METHODS:A prospective observational study was conducted in five Los Angeles High Schools with a high...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2012.08.009
更新日期:2013-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Patients with cardiovascular disease often have renal dysfunction from concomitant diabetes mellitus, hypertension, or congestive heart failure. Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) less than 60 mL/min is predictive of premature death due to cardiovascular disease. The objective of the present study was to assess the prev...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2009.07.077
更新日期:2009-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Donor brain death produces functional and morphological changes in peripheral organs. We examined the influence of brain death on liver function. METHODS:Fifty rats were randomly divided into three groups: controls (C), sham-operated (E1), and brain-dead (E2). All rats underwent tracheotomy with assisted res...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2004.07.008
更新日期:2004-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Treatment options for patients presenting with life-threatening splanchnic ischemia, including that of the intestine and liver, could previously only receive salvage surgery and attempted medical revascularization. We propose that urgent liver transplantation (LT) for acute liver failure (ALF) due to massive...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2020.06.010
更新日期:2020-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Usually an experimental necrotizing enterocolitis experimental model, we Investigated nitric oxide levels in intestinal tissues of newborn mice with or without l-arginine therapy during sessions of ischemia and reoxygenation. METHODS:Twenty-six newborn mice from the Wistar EPM-1 lineage, weighing from 4.5 to...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.02.044
更新日期:2008-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Secondary brain insults predominantly due to hypotension are frequent among patients with fatal traumatic brain injury. We assessed the correlation between different systemic secondary brain insults and brain death in 404 patients admitted to our intensive care unit (ICU) after severe traumatic brain injury. We collat...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2005.03.048
更新日期:2005-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis type 1 (PFIC1) is an inherited disease characterized by cholestatic features. We report two patients with PFIC1 who underwent liver retransplantation. CASE REPORT:One patient was a 3-year-old female who underwent liver transplantation for PFIC1. She presented wi...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2017.03.035
更新日期:2017-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::One-third of the liver transplantations are performed because of hepatitis C cirrhosis all over the world and also in Hungary. The recurrence rate is practically 100%, influencing graft and patient survivals; within 5 years cirrhosis develops again in 20% to 30% of cases. The therapy is pegylated interferon α-2a and α...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2012.07.101
更新日期:2012-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::In summary, we believe that our experience with concomitant use of OKT3 and either reduced-dose CyA for treatment of renal allograft rejections or full-dose CyA therapy for treatment of liver allograft rejection is both safe and possibly more effective in reversing allograft rejection than use of the antibody alone. T...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1991-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:AIMS:ANGII mediates vascular neointimal formation through smooth muscle cell stimulation and enhanced production of growth factors leading to increased arterial medial layer thickness, which is a characteristic of transplant arteriosclerosis. ACE inhibition is known to be of benefit to patients with cardiovascular risk...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2005.10.099
更新日期:2005-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:INTRODUCTION:Reactivation of hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a complication of immunosuppressive treatment in patients with a history of HBV exposure. CASE PRESENTATION:Herein we have reported a case of reactivation after renal transplantation in a 52-year-old male chronic HBV carrier who was treated with hepatitis B immun...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2012.09.011
更新日期:2012-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To evaluate relevant arterial, hepatic, and portal venous anatomy using multidetector computed tomography (CT) angiography in potential living liver donors at a single liver transplantation center in China. METHODS:One hundred two consecutive potential liver donors underwent CT angiography in the arterial, p...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.08.031
更新日期:2008-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::We report a case of anuria in a 42-year-old female kidney transplant patient that occurred secondary to extrinsic compression from a large kidney being placed extraperitoneally in a small iliac fossa. Prompt reexploration in the immediate postoperative period resulted in salvage of the graft with restoration of kidney...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2006.02.139
更新日期:2006-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:AIMS:Since donor age of 45 years or more is considered a relative contraindication for pancreas transplantation (PTx), we herein report our experience with these donors. METHODS:Pancreases from donors aged 45 years or older were used in 16 of 147 PTx procedures (11%). The final decision to accept a graft for PTx was b...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2005.01.027
更新日期:2005-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::CD44 is a type I transmembrane glycoprotein serving as a cell adhesion receptor, whose main ligand is hyaluronic acid, but also may interact with collagen, laminin, fibronectin, and osteopontin. This marker is involved in cell migration, homing, activation, metastasis, and inflammation. Tubular CD44 expression has bee...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2003.11.010
更新日期:2004-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::The hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) is a severe disease characterized by microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia, and acute renal failure. We herein report our experience with a 43-year-old female patient who underwent a second cadaveric kidney transplantation in February 2005, for adult-onset HUS. The fir...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2006.02.019
更新日期:2006-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:INTRODUCTION:It remains unclear whether bone mineral density (BMD) is compromised in adult life after liver transplantation (LT) during childhood. METHODS:This was a cross-sectional study of total body (TB) and lumbar spine (LS) dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, anthropometry, and data collected, which included a phys...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2006.02.118
更新日期:2006-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:As the prevalence of atrial fibrillation rises with age and older patients increasingly receive transplants, the perioperative management of this common arrhythmia and its impact on outcomes in liver transplantation is of relevance. METHODS:Retrospective review of 757 recipients of liver transplantation fro...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2014.02.020
更新日期:2014-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::Cambridge is one of two designated adult intestinal transplant centers in the United Kingdom and has performed 60 transplants on 54 patients since 2007; 52% of these were undertaken in the last 3 years. This increasing trend is in contrast with that reported worldwide; 27% were small bowel grafts (SBT), 15% modified m...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2015.10.079
更新日期:2016-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Acute liver failure (ALF) leads to high morbidity and mortality and is characterized by an accelerated deterioration of hepatic function in patients without prior liver disease. The survival rate is <15% without liver transplantation (LT). The aim of this study was to describe the population of patients with...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2018.01.011
更新日期:2018-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Pancreas transplantation has been associated with the highest surgical complication rate among routinely performed organ transplant procedures. Complications can be caused not only from the pancreas itself but also from the simultaneously transplanted duodenum: gastrointestinal bleeding, duodenal ulcer, pseud...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2011.09.094
更新日期:2011-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:Although endoscopic management is considered as the first-line treatment for biliary strictures, it may be challenging in living donor liver transplant recipients due to the complex nature of duct-to-duct reconstruction. In this study we present the use of a pigtail drainage catheter as a biliary stent to tr...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2019.01.153
更新日期:2019-09-01 00:00:00