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Unusual cases of peritonitis: A case series of five patients
Billah M, Uribarri J, Charen E, Sharma S. Unusual cases of peritonitis: A case series of five patients. Seminars In Dialysis 2022, 36: 255-262. PMID: 35929618, DOI: 10.1111/sdi.13121.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPeritoneal dialysis-related peritonitisDialysis-related peritonitisEnteric peritonitisPolymicrobial peritonitisBowel pathologyPeritonitis casesCase seriesPeritoneal dialysisUnusual causeFinal patientFirst patientDialysis centersAcademic hospitalDialysis unitsUncommon casePeritonitisPatientsUnusual caseMicrobiologic cultureSkin organismsCell countNext patientUnusual organismsTouch contaminationMultiple episodes
2021
Delayed Kinetics of IgG, but Not IgA, Antispike Antibodies in Transplant Recipients following SARS-CoV-2 Infection
Cravedi P, Ahearn P, Wang L, Yalamarti T, Hartzell S, Azzi Y, Menon M, Jain A, Billah M, Fernandez-Vina M, Gebel HM, Woodle ES, Haddad NS, Morrison-Porter A, Lee FE, Sanz I, Akalin E, Girnita A, Maltzman JS. Delayed Kinetics of IgG, but Not IgA, Antispike Antibodies in Transplant Recipients following SARS-CoV-2 Infection. Journal Of The American Society Of Nephrology 2021, 32: 3221-3230. PMID: 34599041, PMCID: PMC8638399, DOI: 10.1681/asn.2021040573.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSARS-CoV-2 infectionKidney transplant recipientsTransplant recipientsImmunocompetent controlsSARS-CoV-2 IgASARS-CoV-2 antibodiesTime pointsCross-sectional studyCOVID-19Basis of timingLater time pointsIgG1-4Transplant statusIgA antibodiesIgG responsesIgM responseImmunocompetent individualsPoor outcomeSevere outcomesViral epitopesInfectionIgGRecipientsAntibodiesClass switching
2020
A catabolic state in a kidney transplant recipient with COVID‐19
Billah M, Santeusanio A, Delaney V, Cravedi P, Farouk S. A catabolic state in a kidney transplant recipient with COVID‐19. Transplant International 2020, 33: 1140-1141. PMID: 32357273, PMCID: PMC7267294, DOI: 10.1111/tri.13635.Peer-Reviewed Original Research