The middle east respiratory syndrome (MERS)

EI Azhar, DSC Hui, ZA Memish, C Drosten… - Infectious Disease …, 2019 - id.theclinics.com
The Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) is a new zoonotic human
viral pathogen endemic to the Middle East. 1–3 It was identified in 2012 in a lung sample of …

[HTML][HTML] Tuberculosis and chronic kidney disease: an emerging global syndemic

K Romanowski, EG Clark, A Levin, VJ Cook… - Kidney international, 2016 - Elsevier
The link between chronic kidney disease (CKD) and tuberculosis (TB) has been known for
more than 40 years, but the interaction between these 2 diseases is still poorly understood …

KDIGO clinical practice guideline on the evaluation and care of living kidney donors

KL Lentine, BL Kasiske, AS Levey, PL Adams… - …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Abstract The 2017 Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Clinical Practice
Guideline on the Evaluation and Care of Living Kidney Donors is intended to assist medical …

EASL clinical practice guidelines: liver transplantation

European Association for The Study of the Liver - Journal of hepatology, 2016 - Elsevier
The first human orthotopic liver transplantation (LT) in Europe was performed by Sir Roy
Calne in Cambridge in 1968 [1], only one year after the first successful human liver …

Risk factors for extrapulmonary dissemination of tuberculosis and associated mortality during treatment for extrapulmonary tuberculosis

X Qian, DT Nguyen, J Lyu, AE Albers, X Bi… - Emerging microbes & …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Many environmental, host, and microbial characteristics have been recognized as risk
factors for dissemination of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB). However, there are few …

Screening of donor and candidate prior to solid organ transplantation—Guidelines from the American Society of Transplantation Infectious Diseases Community of …

M Malinis, HW Boucher… - Clinical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
This updated section of the guideline from the Infectious Diseases Community of Practice of
the American Society of Transplantation reviews the screening of donor and candidate prior …

Nationwide tuberculosis outbreak in the USA linked to a bone graft product: an outbreak report

NG Schwartz, AC Hernandez-Romieu… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission through solid organ transplantation
has been well described, but transmission through transplanted tissues is rare. We …

[HTML][HTML] Donor-derived infections in solid organ transplantation

MG Ison, P Grossi… - American journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
Advances in surgical technique, immunosuppression and antimicrobial prophylaxis have
resulted in significantly reduced morbidity and mortality following organ transplantation. As a …

donor‐derived infections: guidelines from the American society of transplantation infectious diseases community of practice

CR Wolfe, MG Ison… - Clinical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Screening of donor and recipient in solid organ transplantation

SA Fischer, K Lu… - American Journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
Background Pretransplant screening of potential organ donors and recipients is essential to
the success of solid organ transplantation (1, 2, 3, 4). The goals of pretransplant infectious …