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Original Source: Urinary tract infections after kidney transplantation : Essen algorithm for calculated antibiotic treatment.
Urinary tract infections are the most common infection early after transplantation and can affect long-term graft function. Any urinary tract infection in renal transplant recipients should be seen as "complex" with regard to consequences for diagnosis and therapy. The increase in resistance to anti-infective agents seen among uropathogens is one of the central therapeutic problems. This means for routine clinical practice that contact isolation precautions should be consistently implemented for affected pa...
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The Likelihood Of Being Assessed For Kidney Transplantation May Depend On Race, Insurance Status
A kidney transplant is the best treatment for kidney failure, which afflicts 2 million people worldwide. Young black patients and patients without private health insurance are less likely to be assess...
Vitamin D Supplements May Help Maintain Kidney Function In Transplant Recipients
Vitamin D deficiency may decrease kidney function in transplant recipients, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN). The finding...
Should A Patient's Weight Affect Kidney Transplant Decisions?
In a research review article published in the American Journal of Nephrology, Saint Louis University investigators examined data from multiple studies to better understand how obesity, an epidemic in...
Obese Patients Urged to Lose Weight Before Kidney Transplant
MONDAY, Jan. 21 (HealthDay News) -- Obese people who receive kidney transplants appear to be at increased risk for problems such as wound infections, transplant failure and heart disease during their...
A Simple Urine Test Could Be Used To Calculate How Long A Person Will Live
Researchers have discovered a novel way of finding out how much longer a person will live, by calculating the levels of protein in urine with a simple urine test. The findings, which were published...
Knowing 'System' Paves Way for Transplant (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- ORLANDO - Patients in desperate need of a kidney transplant are more likely to get on the organ transplant list if they have better versed in the intricacies of the healthcare syste...
Improved Education For Kidney Failure Patients May Increase Chances Of Living Donor Transplantation
Patients with kidney failure who have greater transplant knowledge and motivation are ultimately more likely to receive a kidney transplant from a living donor, according to a study appearing in an up...
Drug fails to help kidney transplant recipients, study suggests
While safe and well-tolerated, angiotensin II blockade did not lessen tissue scarring or prevent kidney failure in kidney transplant recipients. Angiotensin II blockade is known to slow kidney disease...
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Sirolimus-based immunosuppression for treatment of cutaneous warts in kidney transplant recipients.
Dermatological complications, especially skin infections, are very common following organ transplantation, and result in a lot of distress in the recipient. Herpes zoster, herpes simplex, and human pa...
Background/Aims: Clinical methods to predict allograft function soon after kidney transplantation are ineffective. Methods: We analyzed urine cystatin C (CyC) in a prospective multicenter observationa...
Delayed graft function (DGF), especially long-lasting DGF, complicates kidney transplant outcome. Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) is an acute kidney injury marker; therefore, we test...
West Nile virus and kidney disease.
West Nile virus (WNV), the causative agent of West Nile fever and West Nile neuroinvasive disease in humans, has become endemic in many countries in all continents. Concerns on long-term mobility from...
Serious Bacterial Infections in Febrile Outpatient Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients.
BACKGROUND:: The purpose of this study was to describe the incidence of serious bacterial infections in febrile outpatient pediatric kidney transplant recipients and to assess the utility of using whi...
