The role of the human microbiome in health and disease is becoming increasingly apparent.
Emerging evidence suggests that the microbiome is affected by solid organ transplantation …

Polyvalent immunoglobulin is commonly used for desensitization and treatment of antibody‐
mediated rejection in kidney transplantation but its impact on other outcomes is not known …

Infections remain a major threat to successful kidney transplantation (KT). To characterize
the landscape and impact of post-KT infections in the modern era, we used United States …

Introduction Addition of a calcineurin inhibitor (CNI) to corticosteroids and mycophenolate
increased the renal response rate in lupus nephritis (LN) because of proteinuria reduction …

(1) Background: Urinary tract infections (UTI) are the most common infections after kidney
transplantation. Given the risk of urosepsis and the potential threat to the graft, the threshold …

Rationale & Objective Kidney transplant patients with glomerulonephritis (GN) as their native
disease commonly have received pretransplant immunosuppression (PTI). This may …

Background Receipt of a red blood cell transfusion (RBCT) post-kidney transplantation may
alter immunity which could predispose to subsequent infection. Methods We carried out a …

Introduction Infections are known complications of solid‐organ transplant. Treatment for
rejection may increase risk of infection. We aimed to study frequency of infection and identify …

Introduction: Kidney transplant recipients are at risk for complications resulting in early
hospital readmission. This study sought to determine the incidences, risk factors, causes …

Aging of the world population significantly impacts healthcare globally and specifically, the
field of transplantation. Together with end-organ dysfunction and prolonged …