Studies show fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) can help patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) achieve remission, but challenges must be addressed before FMT can become a standard of treatment for UC.
In a study, aviremic recipients of HCV-positive and HCV-negative deceased donor kidneys had similar 12-month transplant outcomes.
Investigators in Poland assessed the feasibility of lung transplantation for patients with irreversible respiratory failure due to severe COVID-19.
Researchers assessed the incidence of pneumocystis pneumonia among individuals in Germany between 2014 and 2019.
Although valganciclovir is an effective CMV prophylactic agent after kidney transplantation, it is associated with significant side effects.
Researchers compared immune responses following COVID-19 vaccination with the mRNA-1273 vs the BNT162b2 vaccines among patients with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases and solid organ transplant recipients.
An investigation into the death of the first person to receive a heart transplant from a pig has revealed that the organ had an animal virus.
Among orthotopic heart transplant recipients, COVID-19 vaccination is associated with fewer COVID-19 infections, hospitalizations, and deaths and no heart transplant-specific adverse events.
Researchers assessed whether a shorter duration of antibiotic therapy is associated with an increased risk for recurrent diabetic foot infection.
Compared with the general population, recipients of solid organ transplants have had a higher risk of breakthrough COVID-19 infection, hospitalization, and death.
