Ethics Consultation for Adult Solid Organ Transplantation Candidates and Recipients: A Single Centre Experience

Guidelines for vaccination of solid organ transplant candidates and recipients.

Transplant candidates and recipients are at increased risk of infectious complications. Every effort should be made to ensure that transplant candidates, their household members and healthcare workers have completed the full complement of recommended vaccinations prior to transplantation. Since the response to many vaccines is diminished in organ failure, transplant candidates should be immuniz...

Vaccination of solid-organ transplantation candidates.

Verifying immunization status and updating vaccinations are important steps in the evaluation of patients who are solid-organ transplant candidates because the potential benefits of vaccination outweigh the risk of adverse events. Because patients with end-organ disease, such as end-stage renal disease and cirrhosis, have reduced immune responses to many vaccines, vaccination should be performe...

Adult PFAPA - a single centre experience

Results 15 patients were identified. 13 were male and all of white European origin. None gave a family history of similar symptoms. Current median age is 28.3 years with median symptom duration of 15 years. 6 patients presented after the age of 16, and 5 before the age 5. 3 patients reported precipitants for their attacks, in all cases stress and fatigue. 13 patients reported regular attacks ev...

Seronegativity to polio viruses among previously immunized adult candidates to solid organ transplantation.

In the current effort to eliminate polio from the world, it is important to recognize and vaccinate susceptible groups, especially immunocompromised patients living in countries where attenuated polio vaccine is still used. In this report, we describe the frequency of protective antibodies in a small sample of adult SOT candidates in whom previous vaccination could be ascertained. Patients incl...

Strongyloides stercoralis Infection Incidence, Risk Factors and Outcomes Among Solid Organ Transplant Candidates and Recipients; a Florida Center Experience