2022
The cascade of care in testing and treatment of latent tuberculosis infection in liver transplant candidates
Palacios C, Medvedeva N, Cheung H, Cohen E, Azar M, Malinis M. The cascade of care in testing and treatment of latent tuberculosis infection in liver transplant candidates. Transplant Infectious Disease 2022, 25: e13999. PMID: 36484433, DOI: 10.1111/tid.13999.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLatent tuberculosis infectionLT candidatesIndeterminate IGRALTBI testingTuberculosis infectionCascade of carePost-liver transplantLiver transplant candidatesProportion of patientsRetrospective chart reviewTB-endemic countriesInterferon-gamma releaseTreatment completion ratesCompletion ratesLTBI treatmentPositive IGRATB reactivationCare cascadeTreatment-naïveChart reviewSecondary outcomesTransplant candidatesPrimary outcomeTreatment initiationChest imaging
2016
Disseminated Mycobacterium tuberculosis following renal transplant with alemtuzumab induction
Baghban A, Azar MM, Bernardo RM, Malinis M. Disseminated Mycobacterium tuberculosis following renal transplant with alemtuzumab induction. BMJ Case Reports 2016, 2016: bcr2016217998. PMID: 27852682, PMCID: PMC5129162, DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2016-217998.Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical NotesConceptsMycobacterium tuberculosisDisseminated Mycobacterium tuberculosisIsoniazid preventative therapyHigh-risk patientsSolid organ transplantsOngoing risk factorsAlemtuzumab inductionDisseminated tuberculosisInduction immunosuppressionPeritransplant periodRenal transplantRenal transplantationPulmonary tuberculosisTuberculosis infectionPreventative therapyRisk factorsOrgan transplantsTuberculosisPatientsTransplantAvailable literatureImmunosuppressionTransplantationUnique challengesTherapy