Outcomes of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection after kidney and/or pancreas transplantation.

Background: The true extent of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) colonization and incidence of infection after solid organ transplantation in adults and children is not well-known. The aim of this study was to evaluate the incidence and the outcomes of MRSA infection following kidney and/or pancreas transplantation.

Material And Methods: We reviewed the case notes of all patients who developed MRSA colonization and infection within the first year of transplantation between September 2002 and December 2009.

Corneal confocal microscopy detects early nerve regeneration in diabetic neuropathy after simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplantation.

Diabetic neuropathy is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. To date, limited data in subjects with impaired glucose tolerance and diabetes demonstrate nerve fiber repair after intervention. This may reflect a lack of efficacy of the interventions but may also reflect difficulty of the tests currently deployed to adequately assess nerve fiber repair, particularly in short-term studies.