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A Brazilian university hospital position regarding transplantation criteria for...
Pierrotti, Lígia Camera; Litvinov, Nadia; Costa, Silvia Figueiredo; Azevedo, Luiz Sérgio Fonseca de; Strabelli, Tânia Mara Varejão; Campos, Silvia VidalHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection was considered a contraindication for solid organ transplantation (SOT) in the past. However, HIV management has improved since highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) became available in 1996, and the long-term survival of patients living with HIV has led many transplant programs to reevaluate their policies regarding the exclusion of patients with HIV infectio...
Screening of Strongyloides infection using an ELISA test in transplant candidates
Toledo, Beatriz; Corral, Marcelo A.; Meisel, Dirce Mary C. L.; Gottardi, Maiara; Abdala, Edson; Costa, Silvia F.; Pierrotti, Lígia CameraOBJECTIVES: Hyperinfection or disseminated strongyloidiasis has been frequently reported after transplants and is related to high mortality. This study aimed to screen for strongyloidiasis using serological diagnoses in transplant candidates. METHODS: An ELISA test was performed with filariform larvae of Strongyloides venezuelensis as a source of antigen. RESULTS: In the serum from transplant candidates, anti-S...
Determination of viremia cut-off for risk to develop BKPyV-associated nephropat...
Pierrotti, Lígia Camera
Cytomegalovirus infection in transplant recipients
Azevedo, Luiz Sergio; Pierrotti, Lígia Camera; Abdala, Edson; Costa, Silvia Figueiredo; Strabelli, Tânia Mara Varejão; Campos, Silvia VidalCytomegalovirus infection is a frequent complication after transplantation. This infection occurs due to transmission from the transplanted organ, due to reactivation of latent infection, or after a primary infection in seronegative patients and can be defined as follows: latent infection, active infection, viral syndrome or invasive disease. This condition occurs mainly between 30 and 90 days after transplanta...
Assessment of organ transplants from donors with markers of hepatitis B
Abdala, Edson; Azevedo, Luis Sérgio Fonseca de; Avelino-Silva, Vivian Iida; Costa, Sílvia Figueiredo; Caramori, Marlova Luzzi
Prophylaxis of fungal infections in transplant patients
Abdala, Edson; Costa, Sílvia Figueiredo; Strabelli, Tania Mara Varejão; Pierrotti, Lígia Camera; Caramori, Marlova Luzzi
Risk factors for human herpesvirus 8 (KSHV/HHV-8) viremia in AIDS patients with...
Pierrotti, Lígia Camera