Similar outcomes for Canadian renal transplant recipients followed up in transplant centers and satellite clinics.

Background: A significant proportion of long-term care for renal transplant recipients (RTRs) in Canada is provided by community nephrologists in satellite clinics (SCs). The outcomes of RTRs followed up in SCs have not been formally compared with those followed up in transplant centers (TCs).

Methods: This multicenter retrospective study from 13 TCs and SCs across Canada compared patient and graft outcomes in RTRs with a functioning graft more than or equal to 18 months.

Molecular and Morphological Characterization and Biological Control Capabilities of a Pasteuria ssp. Parasitizing Rotylenchulus reniformis, the Reniform Nematode.

Rotylenchulus reniformis is one of 10 described species of reniform nematodes and is considered the most economically significant pest within the genus, parasitizing a variety of important agricultural crops. Rotylenchulus reniformis collected from cotton fields in the Southeastern US were observed to have the nematode parasitic bacterium Pasteuria attached to their cuticles. Challenge with a Pasteuria-specific monoclonal antibody in live immuno-fluorescent assay (IFA) confirmed the discovery of Pasteuria infecting R.