Valganciclovir is not associated with decreased EBV infection rate in pediatric kidney transplantation.

Introduction: Primary infection or reactivation of Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in pediatric kidney transplantation. Valganciclovir (VGC) treatment is recommended for prophylaxis of cytomegalovirus infection, but its role for the prevention of EBV infection remains controversial.

Patients And Methods: All pediatric kidney transplant recipients aged <18 years old were considered for inclusion in this retrospective study.

Warfarin-related nephropathy induced by three different vitamin K antagonists: analysis of 13 biopsy-proven cases.

Acute kidney injury (AKI) with renal tubular obstruction by red blood cell casts (RBCC) has been described in patients treated with warfarin and is known as warfarin-related nephropathy (WRN). To determine whether other vitamin K antagonists (VKA) cause WRN, we retrospectively collected and analyzed the clinical and histological data of 13 patients treated with different VKA (seven with fluindione, four with warfarin and two with acenocoumarol) in seven French hospitals. They all developed gross hematuria following overanticoagulation complicated by severe AKI (median serum creatinine concentration = 693 μmol/L).

Inflammatory markers as predictors of surgical site infection after elective colorectal cancer surgery.

We raise some doubts regarding the methods, results and conclusions obtained by Takakura et al. in their article published in the August's issue of the journal about the use of inflammatory markers as early predictors of surgical infection after colorectal cancer surgery.

Perforation of bowel lymphoma: beware of atypical presentations.

Introduction: Intestinal lymphomas can present as surgical complications such as perforation. There is little data regarding the risk factors, clinical features, management, and prognosis of bowel perforation in patients with intestinal lymphoma. The aims of this study were to analyze the risk factors for this complication and to describe the clinical picture.