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Cryptococcosis in Patients With Cirrhosis of the Liver and Posttransplant Outcomes by Singh, Nina, Sifri, Costi D, Silveira, Fernanda P, Miller, Rachel, Gregg, Kevin S, Huprikar, Shirish, Lease, Erika D, Zimmer, Andrea, Dummer, J Stephen, Spak, Cedric W, Koval, Christine, Banach, David B, Shroff, Miloni, Le, Jade, Ostrander, Darin, Avery, Robin, Eid, Albert, Razonable, Raymund R, Montero, Jose, Blumberg, Emily, Alynbiawi, Ahlaam, Morris, Michele I, Randall, Henry B, Alangaden, George, Tessier, Jeffrey, Wagener, Marilyn M, Sun, Hsin Yun

“…BACKGROUNDThe outcomes and optimal management of cirrhotic patients who develop cryptococcosis before transplantation are not fully known. METHODSWe conducted…”
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Histoplasmosis in Patients With Cell-Mediated Immunodeficiency: Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection, Organ Transplantation, and Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Inhibition by Luckett, Keith, Dummer, J Stephen, Miller, Geraldine, Hester, Sydney, Thomas, Lora

“…Background.  Histoplasmosis causes severe disease in patients with defects of cell-mediated immunity. It is not known whether outcomes vary related to the type…”
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Measurement of Human Cytomegalovirus Loads by Quantitative Real-Time PCR for Monitoring Clinical Intervention in Transplant Recipients by HAIJING LI, DUMMER, J. Stephen, ESTES, Wray R, SHUFANG MENG, WRIGHT, Peter F, TANG, Yi-Wei

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Polyomavirus Infection and Its Impact on Renal Function and Long-term Outcomes After Lung Transplantation by THOMAS, Lora D, MILSTONE, Aaron P, VILCHEZ, Regis A, ZANWAR, Preeti, BUTEL, Janet S, DUMMER, J. Stephen

“…Polyomavirus infection causes nephropathy after kidney transplantation but has not been thoroughly investigated in nonrenal organ transplantation. Ninety lung…”
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Long-term outcomes of cytomegalovirus infection and disease after lung or heart-lung transplantation with a delayed ganciclovir regimen by Thomas, Lora D., Milstone, Aaron P., Miller, Geraldine G., Loyd, James E., Stephen Dummer, J.

“…:  Background:  Information is limited on long‐term outcomes after preemptive use of ganciclovir to control cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection in lung…”
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Nocardial Infections in Bone Marrow Transplant Recipients by Chouciño, Carlos, Goodman, Stacey A., Greer, John P., Stein, Richard S., Wolff, Steven N., Dummer, J. Stephen

“…Infections caused by Nocardia species have been infrequently described in bone marrow transplant (BMT) recipients. We reviewed six cases of nocardiosis…”
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Unique characteristics of cryptococcosis identified after death in patients with liver cirrhosis: comparison with concurrent cohort diagnosed antemortem by Singh, Nina, Sifri, Costi D, Silveira, Fernanda P, Miller, Rachel, Gregg, Kevin S, Huprikar, Shirish, Lease, Erika D, Zimmer, Andrea, Dummer, J Stephen, Spak, Cedric W, Koval, Christine, Banach, David B, Shroff, Miloni, Le, Jade, Ostrander, Darin, Avery, Robin, Eid, Albert, Razonable, Raymund R, Montero, Jose, Blumberg, Emily, Alynbiawi, Ahlaam, Morris, Michele I, Randall, Henry B, Alangaden, George, Tessier, Jeffrey, Cacciarelli, Thomas V., Wagener, Marilyn M, Sun, Hsin Yun

“…Abstract Characteristics of cirrhosis-associated cryptococcosis first diagnosed after death are not fully known. In a multicenter study, data generated as…”
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A survey of anti-fungal management in lung transplantation by Dummer, J Stephen, Lazariashvilli, Nikoloz, Barnes, Jean, Ninan, Mathew, Milstone, Aaron P

“…Fungal infections are an important complication of lung transplantation, but no controlled studies of their management have been performed. Knowledge of actual…”
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Cytomegalovirus Ventriculoencephalitis in a Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplant Recipient by Miller, Geraldine G., Boivin, Guy, Dummer, J. Stephen, McConnell, Thomas, Becher, Mark W., Kassim, Adetola, Tang, Yi-Wei

“…Cytomegalovirus encephalitis occurs rarely in transplant recipients. We describe a patient with cytomegalovirus ventriculoencephalitis who had a very high CSF…”
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Successful management of an abo-mismatched lung allograft using antigen-specific immunoadsorption, complement inhibition, and immunomodulatory therapy by PIERSON, Richard N, LOYD, James E, JOHNSON, Joyce, RIEBEN, Robert, AZIMZADEH, Agnes, GOODWIN, Andrea, MAJORS, Dan, DUMMER, J. Stephen, MOHACSI, Paul, WHEELER, Alistair, BOVIN, Nicolai, MILLER, Geraldine G, OLSON, Sandy

“…Successful management of an ABO-mismatched lung allograft recipient has not previously been described. Because of a clerical error, a 67-year-old blood type B…”
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A case series of drotrecogin alfa (activated) in lung transplant recipients by DANIEIS, Titus L, DUMMER, J. Stephen, BERNARD, Gordon R, MILSTONE, Aaron P

“…Severe sepsis in lung transplant recipients is a challenging problem and carries a high mortality. Recombinant human activated protein C (drotrecogin alfa…”
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Lactobacillus Bacteremia: Description of the Clinical Course in Adult Patients Without Endocarditis by Antony, Suresh J., Stratton, Charles W., Dummer, J. Stephen

“…Lactobacillus bacteremia in the absence of endocarditis is a rare entity, and the'clinical relevance of such bacteremia remains unclear. The clinical courses…”
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Prevention of cytomegalovirus infection and disease after lung transplantation: results using a unique regimen employing delayed ganciclovir by Brumble, Lisa M, Milstone, Aaron P, Loyd, James E, Ely, E Wesley, Pierson, 3rd, Richard N, Gautam, Shiva, Dummer, J Stephen

“…Many lung transplant programs employ lengthy regimens of IV ganciclovir therapy to prevent disease due to cytomegalovirus (CMV). In 1994, we introduced a…”
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Infections after liver transplantation. An analysis of 101 consecutive cases by Kusne, S, Dummer, J S, Singh, N, Iwatsuki, S, Makowka, L, Esquivel, C, Tzakis, A G, Starzl, T E, Ho, M

“…We studied infections in 101 consecutive patients who underwent liver transplantation between July 1984 and September 1985. The mean length of follow-up was…”
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Coccidioidomycosis in Renal Transplant Recipients by Antony, Suresh Jude, Dummer, Stephen J, McNeil, Keith K, Salas, Irma

“…Coccidioidomycosis is endemic in the southwest United States, and impaired cellular immunity profoundly increases the susceptibility to life-threatening…”
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Varicella in a Pediatric Heart Transplant Population on Nonsteroid Maintenance Immunosuppression by Dodd, Debra A, Burger, Judy, Edwards, Kathryn M, Dummer, J. Stephen

“…Varicella-zoster virus has been reported to produce serious, often life-threatening, disease in immunosuppressed patients with a variety of diagnoses. The…”
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Malignant External Otitis Due to Aspergillus flavus with Fulminant Dissemination to the Lungs by Harley, William B., Dummer, J. Stephen, Anderson, Ted L., Goodman, Stacey

“…Malignant external otitis secondary to aspergillus infection is rare, and only 10 cases have been reported in the literature. Nine of 10 patients responded to…”
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Infection with human immunodeficiency virus in the Pittsburgh transplant population. A study of 583 donors and 1043 recipients, 1981-1986 by Dummer, J S, Erb, S, Breinig, M K, Ho, M, Rinaldo, Jr, C R, Gupta, P, Ragni, M V, Tzakis, A, Makowka, L, Van Thiel, D

“…We performed a retrospective serologic survey of 583 organ donors and 1043 transplant recipients for antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)…”
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Seroepidemiology of Helicobacter pylori Infection in Heart Transplant Recipients by Dummer, J. Stephen, Perez-Perez, Guillermo I., Breinig, Mary Kay, Lee, Ann, Wolff, Steven N., Kormos, Robert, Griffith, Bartley P., Blaser, Martin J.

“…We analyzed serum samples obtained from 100 heart transplant recipients before and after transplantation for the presence of IgG antibodies to Helicobacter…”
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Transmission of Infection with Herpes Simplex Virus by Renal Transplantation by Dummer, J. Stephen, Armstrong, John, Somers, Jeremy, Kusne, Shimon, Carpenter, Barbara J., Rosenthal, J. Thomas, Ho, Monto

“…Disseminated infection with herpes simplex virus type 2 was identified in two patients 20 days after they had received kidney transplants from the same organ…”
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