Published in Cell Reports Medicine
Aydillo et al. identify lower respiratory symptoms (LRSs) as a predictor of influenza pneumonia in a cohort of transplant recipients. When pre-existing immunity was characterized, the levels of anti-HA stalk antibodies correlated independently with protection from lower respiratory infection.
Published in Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society
Published in Therapeutic Drug Monitoring
COVID-19 is a novel infectious disease caused by the severe acute respiratory distress (SARS)-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). Several therapeutic options are currently emerging but none with universal consensus or proven efficacy. Solid organ transplant recipients are perceived to be at increased risk of severe COVID-19 because of their immunosuppresse...
Published in Journal of clinical pharmacy and therapeutics
Caspofungin is commonly used in kidney transplant patients for prophylaxis or treatment of invasive fungal infections (IFIs) caused by Candida spp. and Aspergillus spp. Factors such as concomitant medications, co-morbidity and rejection often cause caspofungin pharmacokinetic parameters alterations in kidney transplant patients. Here, we aimed to i...
Published in Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN
Published in Experimental dermatology
Nicotinamide is a water-soluble vitamin B3 derivative that has many roles in medicine. This review examines the role of nicotinamide in dermatology and its actions in preventing photoageing and skin cancers in humans. Nicotinamide prevents ultraviolet radiation (UV) from reducing ATP levels and inhibiting glycolysis, thus preventing the UV radiatio...
Published in JAAD case reports
Published in The AAPS Journal
A number of classical pharmacokinetic studies have been conducted in transplant patients. However, they suffer from some limitations, for example, (1) the study design was limited to intense blood sampling in small groups of patients during a certain posttransplant period, (2) patient factors were evaluated one at a time to identify their associati...
Published in Mycoses
The epidemiology of two cases of pseudallescheriasis in organ transplant patients are described and the disease in that population is reviewed. Disseminated hospital-acquired infection occurred in a liver transplant recipient and was fatal despite therapy with miconazole. A heart transplant recipient developed localized disease following soil conta...
