Highest Recorded Serum Creatinine by Christine Persaud, Uttsav Sandesara, Victor Hoang, Joshua Tate, Wayne Latack, David Dado

“…After extensive literature review, we present a case of the highest recorded serum creatinine of 73.8 mg/dL in a 23-year-old male with the history of pediatric deceased donor kidney transplant (DDKT). He initially presented with uremia and signs of acute renal allograft failure after two months of immunosuppressive medication nonadherence, ultimately requiring emergent hemodialysis, which was complicated by new onset seizures. …”
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The Factors That May Predict Response to Rituximab Therapy in Recurrent Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis: A Systematic Review by Carlos E. Araya, Vikas R. Dharnidharka

“…We retrieved all published reports depicting kidney transplant recipients with focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) recurrence, treated with rituximab, to determine factors associated with treatment response. …”
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Torsion of the Retroperitoneal Kidney: Uncommon or Underreported? by Michael Sosin, Wuya Lumeh, Matthew Cooper

“…Herein, we present a unique case of a 42-year-old male that developed renal allograft torsion following a second kidney transplant placed in the retroperitoneum. Immediate detorsion did not resolve allograft dysfunction, and a biopsy revealed acute cellular mediated rejection. …”
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Antibody-Mediated Rejection: Pathogenesis, Prevention, Treatment, and Outcomes by Olivia R. Blume, Sarah E. Yost, Bruce Kaplan

“…Antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) is a major cause of late kidney transplant failure. It is important to have an understanding of human-leukocyte antigen (HLA) typing including well-designed studies to determine anti-MHC-class-I-related chain A (MICA) and antibody rejection pathogenesis. …”
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Modeling BK Virus Infection in Renal Transplant Recipients by Nicholas Myers, Dana Droz, Bruce W. Rogers, Hien Tran, Kevin B. Flores, Cliburn Chan, Stuart J. Knechtle, Annette M. Jackson, Xunrong Luo, Eileen T. Chambers, Janice M. McCarthy

“…Kidney transplant recipients require a lifelong protocol of immunosuppressive therapy to prevent graft rejection. …”
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Hepatic Disorders and COVID-19: From Pathophysiology to Treatment Strategy by Parisa Shiri Aghbash, Hamed Ebrahimzadeh Leylabadlo, Hamidreza Fathi, Mohaddeseh Bahmani, Rojin Chegini, Hossein Bannazadeh Baghi

“…As a result, some precautions have been taken to prevent, monitor the virus, and avoid immunocompromised and susceptible individuals, such as liver and kidney transplant recipients, from being infected with SARS-CoV-2, thereby avoiding an increase in mortality. …”
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Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Level among Renal Transplant Recipients: A Case Report from Nepal by Kamal Ranabhat, Bhuvan Saud, Saroj Adhikari, Suraj Bhattarai, Rojan Adhikari, Bhoj Raj Luitel, Mahesh Raj Sigdel

“…In this case report, we present the level of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody of three kidney transplant recipients after vaccination against COVID-19 virus. …”
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Resolution of Mild Ganciclovir-Resistant Cytomegalovirus Disease with Reduced-Dose Cidofovir and CMV-Hyperimmune Globulin by Samir J. Patel, Samantha A. Kuten, Richard J. Knight, Dana M. Hong, A. Osama Gaber

“…Herein, we report a series of four high serologic risk (donor CMV positive/recipient CMV negative) kidney transplant patients diagnosed with ganciclovir-resistant CMV disease. …”
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HLA-G Dimers in the Prolongation of Kidney Allograft Survival by Maureen Ezeakile, Vera Portik-Dobos, Juan Wu, Daniel D. Horuzsko, Rajan Kapoor, Muralidharan Jagadeesan, Laura L. Mulloy, Anatolij Horuzsko

“…We describe here the presence of soluble HLA-G dimers in kidney transplant patients. Our study showed that a high level of HLA-G dimers in plasma and increased expression of the membrane-bound form of HLA-G on monocytes are associated with prolongation of kidney allograft survival. …”
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Large Right Atrial Thrombus Associated with Central Venous Catheter Requiring Open Heart Surgery by Nasir Hussain, Paul Eric Shattuck, Mourad Hussein Senussi, Erwin Velasquez Kho, Mubeenkhan Mohammedabdul, Devang K. Sanghavi, Usman Mustafa, Arvind Balavenkataraman, Dragic M. Obradovic

“…We describe an interesting case of a 59-year-old asymptomatic male successfully treated with open heart surgery after failure of medical treatment for a large CRAT discovered during a preoperative evaluation for a kidney transplant. Our case underscores that early detection of CRAT may carry a favorable prognosis as opposed to waiting until catastrophic complications arise. …”
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Liver Transplant From a Deceased Donor With Cystinosis: A Case Report by Raeda Taj, Kim Ng, Sanmati R. Cuddapah, Elizabeth B. Rand, Melissa Bleicher, Sandra Amaral, Maarouf A. Hoteit, Rajendar K. Reddy, Eyob Feyssa, Emma E. Furth, Kim M. Olthoff, Samir Abu‐Gazala, Matthew H. Levine, Frederick Vyas, Peter L. Abt

“…The donor was a 20‐year‐old male with infantile cystinosis who had previously undergone two deceased donor kidney transplants. Unfortunately, he incurred cranial trauma, and after careful consideration of the metabolic consequences, his liver was deemed suitable for transplantation. …”
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Conservative Management of Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer in Kidney-Pancreas Transplant Patient by Logan D. Glosser, Brandon S. Zakeri, Conner V. Lombardi, Obi O. Ekwenna

“…A 65-year-old male with history of type 1 diabetes and a 14-year status post deceased donor pancreas-kidney transplant presented with 3 weeks of gross hematuria. …”
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Lymphocytes as an Indicator for Initial Kidney Function: A Single Center Analysis of Outcome after Alemtuzumab or Basiliximab Induction by Annemarie Weissenbacher, Theresa Hautz, Michael Kimelman, Rupert Oberhuber, Hanno Ulmer, Claudia Bösmüller, Manuel Maglione, Stefan Schneeberger

“…This is a single center retrospective analysis of 225 patients/consecutive kidney transplantations treated with alemtuzumab for lymphocyte depletion and 205 recipients treated with basiliximab. …”
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Severe Bioprosthetic Mitral Valve Stenosis and Heart Failure in a Young Woman with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus by Siddharth Wartak, Isaac Akkad, Adnan Sadiq, Gregory Crooke, Manfred Moskovits, Robert Frankel, Gerald Hollander, Jacob Shani

“…She was treated for heart failure but in view of her persistent symptoms and low EF was considered for heart and kidney transplant. This was a challenge in view of her history of lupus. …”
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Is Thymoglobulin or Rituximab the Cause of This Serum Sickness? A Case Report of Serum Sickness Dilemma and Literature Review by Amarpreet Sandhu, Antonia Harford, Pooja Singh, Eduardo Alas

“…Since Rituximab is now being used as an adjuvant treatment for acute humoral rejection and its prevalence to cause serum sickness is comparable to Thymoglobulin-associated serum sickness (20% versus 27%), it should be considered a potential cause of serum sickness after rejection treatment. In kidney transplant patients, there are no case reports where patient received both Thymoglobulin and Rituximab before developing serum sickness. …”
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Treating TNF Receptor Associated Periodic Fever Syndrome in End-Stage Renal Failure by J. Coutinho, R. S. Chorão, M. Oliveira, C. R. Santos

“…Though amyloidosis is established, the authors believe containing its progression and reducing inflammatory activity can improve patient prognosis and reduce recurrence of amyloidosis in kidney transplant, as has been demonstrated in transplanted patients due to familial Mediterranean fever amyloidosis.…”
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γδ T Cells’ Role in Donor-Specific Antibody Generation: Insights From Transplant Recipients and Experimental Models by Xavier Charmetant, Xavier Charmetant, Xavier Charmetant, Guillaume Rigault, Chien-Chia Chen, Hannah Kaminski, Hannah Kaminski, Jonathan Visentin, Jonathan Visentin, Benjamin Taton, Gabriel Marseres, Virginie Mathias, Alice Koenig, Alice Koenig, Alice Koenig, Thomas Barba, Thomas Barba, Thomas Barba, Pierre Merville, Pierre Merville, Stéphanie Graff-Dubois, Emmanuel Morelon, Emmanuel Morelon, Emmanuel Morelon, Julie Déchanet-Merville, Valérie Dubois, Jean-Paul Duong van Huyen, Lionel Couzi, Lionel Couzi, Olivier Thaunat, Olivier Thaunat, Olivier Thaunat

“…Analysis of a cohort of 331 kidney transplant recipients found no relation between the number of circulating γδ T cells and the risk to develop DSA. …”
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Late Onset Graft Plasmacytoma-Like PTLD Presenting as Acute Hyperglycemia in a Kidney-Pancreas Transplant Recipient by P. Ventura-Aguiar, M. T. Cibeira, A. Martinez, M. Cuatrecasas, M. Aymerich, J. Ferrer, J. Blade, F. Diekmann, M. J. Ricart

“…We report the case of a 54-year-old simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplant recipient (immunosuppression: OKT3, methylprednisolone, cyclosporine, and azathioprine), diagnosed with an IgG-kappa monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance eighteen years after transplant. …”
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Fever, Haematuria, and Acute Graft Dysfunction in Renal Transplant Recipients Secondary to Adenovirus Infection: Two Case Reports by J. Ramírez, I. C. Bostock, A. Martin-Onraët, S. Calleja, A. Sánchez-Cedillo, L. A. Navarro-Vargas, A. L. Noriega-Salas, O. Martínez-Mijangos, N. O. Uribe-Uribe, M. Vilatoba, B. Gabilondo, L. E. Morales-Buenrostro, J. Alberú

“…We report two cases of adenoviral infection in kidney transplant recipients that presented with different clinical characteristics under similar demographic and posttransplant conditions. …”
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Laparoscopic Splenectomy to Salvage Renal Transplants from Severe Acute Antibody-Mediated Rejection by Michael Latzko, Sakshi Jasra, Sana Akbar, Harry Sun, Sadanand Palekar

“…She was scheduled to undergo an incompatible 1-1-1 mismatch living related donor kidney transplant. Preoperatively, the patient received plasmapheresis, IVIG, and thymoglobulin. …”
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