OBJECTIVES Scarce data exist regarding the effect of acute graft pyelonephritis on kidney histology after a kidney transplant. This study sought to assess the kidney histology at 1 month, and kidney function at 1 year, after acute graft pyelonephritis in kidney transplant patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS All kidney transplant patients with acute graft pyelonephritis between October 2006, and D...

OBJECTIVE There are many kidney transplant recipients and living donors of reproductive age, and the prevalence of pregnancies in kidney transplant recipients can reach 55% in the Middle Eastern countries. Living kidney donation is predominant in this region. As the risks and outcomes of pregnancy should be a part of counselling for both recipients and donors, we reviewed available reports on m...

IMPORTANCE The field of transplantation has made tremendous progress since the first successful kidney transplant in 1954. OBJECTIVE To determine the survival benefit of solid-organ transplant as recorded during a 25-year study period in the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) database and the Social Security Administration Death Master File. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS In this re...

Timothy Hatlen, Henry Mroch, Katherine Tuttle, Okechukwu Ojogho, Michele Rooney, Sara Desmond and Samer Bani-Hani Department of Medicine, Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center, Spokane, Washington, USA; Department of Infectious Diseases, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California, USA; Department of Nephrology, Providence Kidney Care Spokane, Spokane, Washington, USA; Institute of Transl...

5 PhD, Department of Nursing, Health Sciences Center, Federal University of Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil. ABSTRACT Objective: To identify the main factors of the physical domain modified after kidney transplantation and analyze the influence of those aspects in the perception of Overall quality of life (QOL). Method: Longitudinal study, conducted with 63 chronic kidney patients, evaluated before an...

Permanent immunosuppression is necessary to prevent rejection after kidney transplantation. However, it may predispose patients to different conditions and diseases including oral lesions. The most common benign oral lesions in kidney transplant recipients are gingival hyperplasia, oral candidiasis, hairy leukoplakia and saburral tongue. Oral form of Kaposi sarcoma, although rarely, can also be...

Both lipoprotein glomerulopathy (LPG) and fibrillary glomerulonephritis (FGN) are rare causes of end-stage renal disease (ESRD), and the literature concerning the outcome of kidney transplant in patients with LPG or FGN is scarce. We report a patient who suffered from ESRD with coexisting FGN and LPG and received deceased kidney transplant >10 years ago did not reveal any clinical features of d...

The prevalence of patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) on hemodialysis affected by hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is 7.5% and many of these patients are on the waiting-list for kidney transplant [1]. Serum HCV positivity in kidney transplant recipients is significantly higher (around 10%) than in the general population, mostly due to the history of frequent blood transfusions, and i...

INTRODUCTION. After kidney transplantation, patients appear to have vitamin D deficiency due to the use of immunosuppressive treatment and prevention of sunlight. This study was designed to determine vitamin D serum levels in kidney transplant patients in comparison with healthy individuals. MATERIALS AND METHODS. Forty-six kidney transplant patients with a creatinine clearance greater than 60 ...