The prevention, diagnosis, and management of infectious disease in transplantation are
major contributors to improved outcomes in organ transplantation. The risk of serious …

Kidney transplantation is a cost-saving treatment that extends the lives of patients with
ESRD. Unfortunately, the kidney transplant waiting list has ballooned to over 100,000 …

The availability of direct-acting antiviral agents for the treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV)
infection has resulted in a profound shift in the approach to the management of this infection …

Background: The epidemic of drug overdose deaths in the United States has led to an
increase in organ donors. Objective: To characterize donors who died of overdose and to …

Despite clinical and laboratory screening of potential donors for transmissible disease,
unexpected transmission of disease from donor to recipient remains an inherent risk of …

The proposed donor heart selection guidelines provide evidence-based and expert-
consensus recommendations for the selection of donor hearts following brain death. These …

These updated guidelines from the Infectious Diseases Community of Practice of the
American Society of Transplantation will review the current state of the art of donor‐derived …

Abbreviations: CMV, cytomegalovirus; CNT, Centro Nazionale Trapinti; CSF, cerebrospinal
fluid; DR IN, donor risk infection; DTAC, Disease Transmission Advisory Committee; ELISA …

Abstract In 2016, the Transplantation Society of Australia and New Zealand, with the support
of the Australian Government Organ and Tissue authority, commissioned a literature review …

Breakthroughs in hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment and rising rates of intravenous drug use
have led to an increase in the number of organ donors who are HCV antibody–positive but …