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Volume 4,Issue 4

Open Access Review

The Role of Surveillance Bronchoscopy Following a Lung Transplantation

Shehab Mohamed ,

Davide Tosi ,

Sara Pieropan ,

Andrea Cara ,

Giovanni Caffarena ,

Giorgio Alberto Croci and

Lorenzo Rosso

Received: 01 July 2020; Published: 21 December 2020; doi: 10.21926/obm.transplant.2004129

Abstract

Pulmonary transplantation (LuTx) is established as a treatment option for patients with end-stage lung diseases, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cystic fibrosis, interstitial lung disease, and pulmonary arterial hypertension. Acute rejection and infection are implicated as [...]

Open Access Case Report

Donor Cell-Derived Acute Myeloid Leukaemia with 3q26.2 Involvement/MECOM Rearrangement ‐ A Case Report and Literature Review

Jun Gu ,

Wei Wang ,

Guilin Tang ,

Gokce A. Toruner ,

Ming Zhao ,

Steven Sfamenos ,

Zhenya Tang ,

Joseph D. Khoury and

L. Jeffrey Medeiros

Received: 13 October 2020; Published: 07 December 2020; doi: 10.21926/obm.transplant.2004128

Abstract

Donor cell-derived leukaemia (DCL) is an uncommon complication of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). DCL might represent up to 5% of the post-HSCT disease relapses, but case numbers reported in the literature might underestimate the frequency. The leukemogenesis of DCL is not [...]

Open Access Review

The Roles of Collagen in Islet Transplantation

Naoaki Sakata ,

Gumpei Yoshimatsu and

Shohta Kodama

Received: 02 October 2020; Published: 27 November 2020; doi: 10.21926/obm.transplant.2004127

Abstract

Islet transplantation is a cellular replacement therapy for severe diabetes mellitus. Although the clinical outcome of islet transplant has been improving, the transplant efficacy of this treatment is not superior to that of pancreatic organ transplantation, a similar transplant therapy. Various fac [...]

Open Access Editorial

Challenges of Organ Transplantation in COVID-19 Era

Kamal Kant Sahu

Received: 01 November 2020; Published: 19 November 2020; doi: 10.21926/obm.transplant.2004126

Open Access Review

Current Assessment of Clinical Pancreatic Islet Allotransplantation

Preeti Chhabra and

Kenneth L. Brayman

Received: 20 September 2020; Published: 16 November 2020; doi: 10.21926/obm.transplant.2004125

Abstract

Clinical islet allotransplantation represents a minimally invasive, efficacious alternative to pancreas transplantation for restoring glycemic control and insulin independence in select patients with type 1 diabetes that is complicated by intractable impaired hypoglycemia awareness and/or severe hyp [...]

Open Access Review

Mauss and Organ Transplants: Ideas of Connectivity between Recipients and Donors and the “Spirit of the Gift”

Malcolm Voyce

Received: 22 July 2020; Published: 16 November 2020; doi: 10.21926/obm.transplant.2004124

Abstract

This article aims to describe the relationship between donors and their recipients in the context of organ transplants. This analysis is made in the light of Marcel Mauss’s work, offering an expansion on an analysis of his discussion on the “spirit of the gift” and his idea that gifts require recipr [...]

Open Access Case Report

Liver Transplantation as a Cure for Neurologically Advanced Wilson’s disease. Learning More from Experience

Marina Moguilevitch and

Tracey Straker

Received: 05 July 2020; Published: 12 November 2020; doi: 10.21926/obm.transplant.2004123

Abstract

Clinical presentation and progression of Wilson’s disease can be diverse in different groups of patients. While young children most likely to present with acute or chronic liver failure, older children and adults may exhibit extrahepatic manifestation like neuropsychiatric, cardiac, renal, pancreati [...]

Open Access Communication

Appropriate Vancomycin Use and Incidence of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci in Liver Transplant Recipients

Jessica Ferguson ,

Marisa Holubar ,

Waldo Concepcion and

Dora Ho

Received: 24 July 2020; Published: 09 November 2020; doi: 10.21926/obm.transplant.2004122

Abstract

Liver transplant recipients (LTRs) are at risk for vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE) infections which can lead to significant morbidity or mortality. Antibiotic exposure, including vancomycin, is associated with greater risk of VRE infection. This study aimed to assess the appropriateness of v [...]

Open Access Original Research

“Real World” Australian Experience of Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (HSCT) in Adults with Severe Aplastic Anaemia.

Courtney Tate ,

Jason P Butler ,

Cameron Curley ,

Siok-Keen Tey ,

Glen A Kennedy and

Ashleigh P Scott

Received: 23 June 2020; Published: 23 October 2020; doi: 10.21926/obm.transplant.2004121

Abstract

Acquired Severe Aplastic Anaemia (SAA) is a rare bone marrow failure syndrome, for which allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) is a proven curative therapy. Despite excellent outcomes for matched sibling SAA recipients in terms of engraftment and survival, HSCT remains highly challen [...]

Open Access Case Report

Donor Derived Strongyloidiasis in a Lung Transplant Recipient: From Life Cycle to Hyperinfection Syndrome

Shalika Katugaha ,

Oksana Shlobin ,

Chris King ,

Steve Nathan ,

Shambu Aryal ,

Kareem Ahmad and

Whitney Brown

Received: 04 September 2020; Published: 13 October 2020; doi: 10.21926/obm.transplant.2004120

Abstract

Strongyloides stercoralis infection derived from the donor in solid organ transplant (SOT) places recipients at risk for hyperinfection syndrome and death. We describe the case of a lung transplant recipient who developed strongyloidiasis presenting with GI symptoms and progressing to diffuse alveol [...]

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