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Fabiani S, Fortunato S, Bruschi F. Solid Organ Transplant and Parasitic Diseases: A Review of the Clinical Cases in the Last Two Decades. Pathogens 2018; 7:pathogens7030065. [PMID: 30065220 PMCID: PMC6160964 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens7030065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2018] [Revised: 07/17/2018] [Accepted: 07/18/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the occurrence of parasitic infections in solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients. We conducted a systematic review of literature records on post-transplant parasitic infections, published from 1996 to 2016 and available on PubMed database, focusing only on parasitic infections acquired after SOT. The methods and findings of the present review have been presented based on the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) checklist. From data published in the literature, the real burden of parasitic infections among SOT recipients cannot really be estimated. Nevertheless, publications on the matter are on the increase, probably due to more than one reason: (i) the increasing number of patients transplanted and then treated with immunosuppressive agents; (ii) the “population shift” resulting from immigration and travels to endemic areas, and (iii) the increased attention directed to diagnosis/notification/publication of cases. Considering parasitic infections as emerging and potentially serious in their evolution, additional strategies for the prevention, careful screening and follow-up, with a high level of awareness, identification, and pre-emptive therapy are needed in transplant recipients.
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Affiliation(s)
- Silvia Fabiani
- Infectious Disease Department, Azienda Ospedaliera Pisana, 56124 Pisa, Italy.
- School of Infectious Diseases, Università di Pisa, 56124 Pisa, Italy.
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- School of Infectious Diseases, Università di Pisa, 56124 Pisa, Italy.
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- School of Infectious Diseases, Università di Pisa, 56124 Pisa, Italy.
- Department of Translational Research, N.T.M.S., Università di Pisa, 56124 Pisa, Italy.
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Shrestha S, Kanellis J, Korman T, Polkinghorne KR, Brown F, Yii M, Kerr PG, Mulley W. Different faces of Nocardia infection in renal transplant recipients. Nephrology (Carlton) 2016; 21:254-60. [PMID: 26820918 DOI: 10.1111/nep.12585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/07/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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AIM Nocardia infections are an uncommon but important cause of morbidity and mortality in renal transplant recipients. The present study was carried out to determine the spectrum of Nocardia infections in a renal transplant centre in Australia. METHODS A retrospective chart analysis of all renal transplants performed from 2008 to 2014 was conducted to identify cases of culture proven Nocardia infection. The clinical course for each patient with nocardiosis was examined. RESULTS Four of the 543 renal transplants patients developed Nocardia infection within 2 to 13 months post-transplant. All patients were judged at high immunological risk of rejection pre-transplant and had received multiple sessions of plasmaphoeresis and intravenous immunoglobulin before the onset of the infection. Two patients presented with pulmonary nocardiosis and two with cerebral abscesses. One case of pulmonary nocardiosis was complicated by pulmonary aspergillosis and the other by cytomegalovirus pneumonia. All four patients improved with combination antibiotic therapy guided by drug susceptibility testing. At the time of Nocardia infection all four patients were receiving primary prophylaxis with trimethoprim/sulphamethoxazole (TMP/SMX) 160/800 mg, twice weekly. CONCLUSION Plasmaphoeresis may be risk factor for Nocardia infection and need further study. Nocardia infection may coexist with other opportunistic infections. Identification of the Nocardia species and drug susceptibility testing is essential in guiding the effective management of patients with Nocardia. Intermittent TMP-SMX (one double strength tablet, twice a week) appears insufficient to prevent Nocardia infection in renal transplant recipients.
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- Shailendra Shrestha
- Department of Nephrology, Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Internal Medicine, Nobel Medical College and Teaching Hospital, Biratnagar, Nepal
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- Department of Nephrology, Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Infectious Disease and Microbiology, Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Nephrology, Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Nephrology, Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Nephrology, Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Nephrology, Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Soni N, Gupta R, Kumar S. Brain MR imaging in neurologic complications of post living donor liver transplant recipients. INDIAN JOURNAL OF TRANSPLANTATION 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijt.2015.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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