Chest radiography in infant cardiac allotransplantation

Toomey, Frances B.; Bailey, Leonard L.; Bui, Roger; Kanahriyeh, M; Petry, Eugene L.; Mathis, Craig A.; Johnston, JE; Mace, Jess C.; Grill, Barbara; Klooster, Maryse Van't

doi:10.2214/ajr.150.2.369

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“…Data were collected and extracted from published cohort and case studies dated back from 1982 until recently and originated from Australia , Austria , Canada , France , Germany , India , Iran , Italy , Japan , Netherlands , Turkey , UK and USA (Table ). These patients were ranged in different age categories from very young to very old.…”

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Rotavirus in Organ Transplantation: Drug-Virus-Host Interactions

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Metselaar

Sprengers

et al. 2015

American Journal of Transplantation

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Although rotavirus is usually recognized as the most common etiology of diarrhea in young children, it can in fact cause severe diseases in organ transplantation recipients irrespective of pediatric or adult patients. This comprehensive literature analysis revealed 200 cases of rotavirus infection with 8 related deaths in the setting of organ transplantation been recorded. Based on published cohort studies, an average incidence of 3% (187 infections out of 6176 organ recipients) was estimated. Rotavirus infection often causes severe gastroenteritis complications and occasionally contributes to acute cellular rejection in these patients. Immunosuppressive agents, universally used after organ transplantation to prevent organ rejection, conceivably play an important role in such a severe pathogenesis. Interestingly, rotavirus can in turn affect the absorption and metabolism of particular immunosuppressive medications via several distinct mechanisms. Even though rotaviral enteritis is self‐limiting in general, infected transplantation patients are usually treated with intensive care, rehydration and replacement of nutrition, as well as applying preventive strategies. This article aims to properly assess the clinical impact of rotavirus infection in the setting of organ transplantation and to disseminate the interactions among the virus, host and immunosuppressive medications.

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