Safety and Reactogenicity of 2 Doses of SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients

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...

the spectrum of cmv disease in solid organ transplant recipients

Parasitic infections in solid organ transplant recipients.

Parasitic diseases are rare infections after a solid organ transplant (SOT). Toxoplasmosis, Trypanosoma cruzi, and visceral leishmanias are the 3 main opportunistic protozoal infections that have the potential to be lethal if not diagnosed early and treated appropriately after SOT. Strongyloides stercoralis is the one helminthic disease that is life-threatening after transplant. This review add...

Infections in Pediatric Solid Organ Transplant Recipients.

Infectious complications are an important cause of morbidity and mortality in children undergoing solid organ transplantation. Knowledge gained over the last 30 years provides a growing understanding of these infections. This review identifies risk factors for and timing of infections describes the common infectious syndromes and pathogens seen in children undergoing solid organ transplantation...

Viral hepatitis in solid organ transplant recipients.

Hepatotropic viral infections are frequent in allograft recipients and may be caused by a number of different viruses. Of these, the most important infectious agents are hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV), which can cause both acute and chronic hepatitis. In addition, Hepatitis E virus (HEV), thought previously to only cause acute hepatitis in the developing world, is emerging ...