Increasing referral for renal transplant evaluation in recipients of nonrenal solid-organ transplants: a single-center experience.

Renal disease in recipients of nonrenal solid organ transplantation.

Worldwide, more than 250,000 individuals who have received a liver, heart, lung, or intestinal transplant are living longer. Twenty percent to 25% of these recipients experience perioperative acute renal failure, with 10% to 15% requiring renal replacement therapy. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is also highly prevalent, affecting 30% to 50% of the nonrenal organ transplant population with an ann...

Genotypic Detection of Epstein Barr Virus in Pediatric Transplant Recipients From India.

OBJECTIVE To determine the rate of occurrence and genotypes of Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) among pediatric renal and liver transplants recipients. DESIGN Observational study. SETTING Vision Research Foundation referral center and Institute of Liver Disease and Transplantation, Chennai, India. PARTICIPANTS 70 pediatric solid organ transplant recipients and 60 voluntary healthy donors. METHO...

Evaluation the Cause of End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) in Kidney Transplant Patients-A Single Center Study

Chronic renal failure after transplantation of a nonrenal organ.

BACKGROUND Transplantation of nonrenal organs is often complicated by chronic renal disease with multifactorial causes. We conducted a population-based cohort analysis to evaluate the incidence of chronic renal failure, risk factors for it, and the associated hazard of death in recipients of nonrenal transplants. METHODS Pretransplantation and post-transplantation clinical variables and data ...

Incidence of ganciclovir resistance in CMV-positive renal transplant recipients and its association with UL97 gene mutations

Human cytomegalovirus (CMV) remains the most common infection affecting organ transplant recipients. Despite advances in the prophylaxis and acute treatment of CMV, it remains an important pathogen affecting the short- and long-term clinical outcome of solid organ transplant recipient. The emergence of CMV resistance in a patient reduces the clinical efficacy of antiviral therapy, complicates t...