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J Infect Dis
January 2025
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Italy.
Background: To assess the impact of attaining aggressive beta-lactam pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) targets on clinical efficacy in critical orthotopic liver transplant (OLT) recipients with documented early Gram-negative infections.
Methods: OLT recipients admitted to the post-transplant ICU between June 2021 and May 2024 having documented Gram-negative infections treated with targeted therapy continuous infusion (CI) beta-lactams, and undergoing therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM)-guided beta-lactam dosing adjustment in the first 72 hours were prospectively enrolled. Free steady-state concentrations (fCss) of beta-lactams (BL) and/or of beta-lactamase inhibitors (BLI) were calculated, and aggressive PK/PD target attainment was measured.
Front Antibiot
June 2024
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Orthotopic liver transplant (OLT) represents the standard of care for managing patients affected by end-stage and life-threatening liver diseases. Although a significant improvement in surgical techniques, immunosuppressant regimens, and prompt identification of early post-transplant complications resulted in better clinical outcome and survival in OLT recipients, the occurrence of early bacterial infections still represents a remarkable cause of morbidity and mortality. In this scenario, beta-lactams are the most frequent antimicrobials used in critical OLT recipients.
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December 2024
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Department, Lebanese Hospital Geitawi University Medical Center, Beirut, LBN.
Angiosarcoma is a rare and aggressive malignant tumor arising from vascular or lymphatic endothelial cells. Angiosarcoma at an arteriovenous fistula site is exceptionally rare. We report a case of a 37-year-old male renal transplant recipient who developed a high-grade epithelioid angiosarcoma at the site of an arteriovenous fistula six years post-transplant.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Vasc Surg
December 2024
Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Interventions, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY. Electronic address:
Objective: Single-center studies have suggested that solid organ transplant recipients are at increased risk for arterial aneurysms. Moreover, they describe a more aggressive natural history with increased rates of expansion and rupture. In this exploratory analysis, we aimed to assess the frequency of arterial aneurysms in solid organ transplant recipients using a large-scale national database.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRecenti Prog Med
December 2024
Dipartimento di epidemiologia, Servizio sanitario regionale del Lazio, Asl Roma 1.
CAR-T therapies are a form of innovative and personalised immunotherapy in the field of onco-haematology. Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is a very aggressive form of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) for which CAR-T therapies are approved as 3rd-line and more recently (from 11/11/2023), as 2nd-line for patients who relapse within 12 months after 1st-line chemo-immunotherapy. This study was conducted to estimate the eligible DLBCL population for CAR-T therapies in 2024 in Lazio region.
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