BACKGROUND Although factors associated with an increased risk of recurrence after liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) have been extensively studied, the history of patients with a post-transplant recurrence is poorly known. METHODS Patients experiencing a post-transplant HCC recurrence from 1996 to 2011 in two transplant programs were included. Demographic, transplant, an...

Disseminated toxoplasmosis is a life-threatening disease in liver transplant recipients that can result from an organ-transmitted infection. We report here a case of fatal disseminated toxoplasmosis after orthotopic liver transplantation from a seropositive donor (immunoglobulin G [IgG](+) and IgM(-)) in a patient who was nonimmune for toxoplasmosis prior to transplantation. Quantitative PCR an...

Urinary excretion of aluminium after a successful transplant can reverse pre-transplant aluminium intoxication. We have evaluated the time course of urinary aluminium excretion and its correlation with several parameters of renal function and mineral metabolism in 49 patients (33 men and 16 women) with a wide range of pre-transplant serum aluminium concentrations, performing sequential determin...

abstract in order to investigate the effect of different ratios of cocopeat and vermicompost as a cultural media on seed emergence and some qualitative and quantitative characteristics of sweet pepper transplant (cv. colifornia wonder). the treatments include: vermicompost + cocopeat (3:1), vermicompost + cocopeat (1:3), vermicompost + cocopeat (1:1) (v/v) and normal soil of transplant. the tre...

â  ba ckground the only curative therapy for end-stage liver disease is transplantation but due to a shortage of available donor livers the waiting list mortality is high. this study aimed to evaluate the outcome and characteristics of patients on the waiting list for liver transplantation in shiraz, southern iran during the period from april 2004 to march 2007. methods medical records of all c...

cyclosporine (csa) is a drug that has been used for prevention of kidney transplant rejection for many years. diltiazem with the inhibition of cyclosporine metabolism and clearance will increase csa concentration and csa dose can be decreased. the aim of this study was the evaluation of diltiazem effect on csa dose adjustment with respect to c2. forty stable renal transplant patients who were r...

OBJECTIVES This study aimed at investigating the relation between expression of Notch receptor-1 (Notch 1) in peripheral blood mononuclear cells and acute rejection after renal transplant. MATERIALS AND METHODS Ninety-seven patients receiving a renal transplant were randomly selected. Peripheral blood samples before transplant and days 1, 3, 5, 7, 10, 14, 21, and 30 after transplant were retr...

isolated extramedullary relapse of chronic myelogenous leukemia (cml) after allogeneic stem cell transplant is rare. there is a case report of a child who developed a granulocytic sarcoma of the maxillary and sphenoid sinuses and lumbosacral spinal cord mass 18 months after allogeneic bone marrow transplant for cml. he was presented with per orbital edema and neurological deficit of lower extre...

Background: Monitoring of phenotypic characteristics of T-lymphocytes in peripheral blood is commonly performed to give the clinical parameters in the management of kidney transplant recipients.   Objective: To predict rejection in renal transplantation by immune parameters. Methods: 16 non-diabetic kidney transplant candidates (4 females and 12 males, age = 20-65 yr, first time transplant) wer...