Donor characteristics associated with liver graft survival.

Background: Organ availability is affecting the development of liver transplantation in its entirety, leading to transplant teams expanding the criteria for accepting organ donors. In these circumstances, analysis of the impact of the donor's characteristics on graft survival becomes mandatory.

Methods: Fifty-two donor variables from 5,150 liver transplants performed in Spain between 1994 and 2001 were analyzed through a univariate analysis.

Serologic IgE immune responses against Aspergillus fumigatus and Candida albicans in patients with cystic fibrosis.

Objectives: The objectives of this study were to determine the prevalence of Aspergillus fumigatus and Candida albicans in the sputa of patients with cystic fibrosis (CF), to assess serologic IgE responses of these patients to the presence of fungi in the sputum, to evaluate what effect this may have on clinical status, and to determine how the above-mentioned factors relate to allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA).

Patients: Seventy-six CF patients (40 male and 36 female patients; age, 15.3 plus minus 8.