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Optimizing the immunogenicity of pandemic H1N1 2009 influenza vaccine in adult organ transplant patientsCamille Nelson Kotton
Transplant and Immunocompromised Host Infectious Diseases, Infectious Diseases Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Expert Rev Vaccines 11:423-6. 2012..The recent article in Transplant International by Felldin et al. evaluating the humoral immune response to two serial doses of pandemic H1N1 2009 influenza vaccine in adult organ transplant recipients is reviewed...
Transplant tourism and donor-derived parasitic infectionsC N Kotton
Transplant and Immunocompromised Host Infectious Diseases, Infectious Diseases Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
Transplant Proc 43:2448-9. 2011..Appropriate epidemiological screening and diagnostic testing, including blood smears, serology, and stool assays, may help reduce the risk of such transmission...
Management of cytomegalovirus infection in solid organ transplantationCamille N Kotton
Infectious Diseases Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Nat Rev Nephrol 6:711-21. 2010..This Review covers CMV diagnostics, methods for the prevention of CMV infection, treatment of both regular and drug-resistant CMV, as well as future directions for CMV management and research...
Vaccines and inflammatory bowel diseaseCamille Nelson Kotton
Transplant Infectious Disease and Compromised Host Program, Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Dig Dis 28:525-35. 2010..Live viral vaccines should be avoided during periods of more intense immunosuppression; further specific guidance on this as well as information on individual vaccines is provided...
International consensus guidelines on the management of cytomegalovirus in solid organ transplantationCamille N Kotton
Transplant and Immunocompromised Host Infectious Diseases, Infectious Diseases Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Transplantation 89:779-95. 2010....
Update on infectious diseases in pediatric solid organ transplantationCamille Nelson Kotton
Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
Curr Opin Organ Transplant 13:500-5. 2008..Numerous recent advances have been made in the field of infectious diseases and pediatric solid organ transplant...
Vaccination and immunization against travel-related diseases in immunocompromised hostsCamille Nelson Kotton
Transplant Infectious Disease and Compromised Host Program, Travelers Advice and Immunization Center, Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
Expert Rev Vaccines 7:663-72. 2008..Since the research in this realm is limited and exists primarily in the setting of solid-organ and hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients and HIV-positive subjects, this review will largely focus on these populations...
Enteric pathogens as vaccine vectors for foreign antigen deliveryCamille N Kotton
Infectious Diseases Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
Infect Immun 72:5535-47. 2004
Prevention of infection in adult travelers after solid organ transplantationCamille Nelson Kotton
Transplant Infectious Disease and Compromised Host Program, Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
Am J Transplant 5:8-14. 2005..This review considers risks of international travel to adult solid organ transplant recipients and the use of vaccines and prophylactic agents in this population...
Zoonoses in solid-organ and hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipientsCamille N Kotton
Transplant and Immunocompromised Host Section, Infectious Diseases Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Clin Infect Dis 44:857-66. 2007..Documented zoonotic infection as it affects transplantation will be the primary focus of this review...
Comparison of rectal swabs with fecal cultures for detection of Salmonella typhimurium in adult volunteersCamille N Kotton
Infectious Disease Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 56:123-6. 2006..When compared with fecal culture, rectal swabs were 64% sensitive and 90% specific. Rectal swabs are of moderate diagnostic utility for detection of Salmonella and may be useful when collection of fecal samples is impractical...
Xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus prevalence in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome or chronic immunomodulatory conditionsTimothy J Henrich
Division of Infectious Diseases, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
J Infect Dis 202:1478-81. 2010..XMRV DNA was not detected in any participant samples. We found no association between XMRV and patients with chronic fatigue syndrome or chronic immunomodulatory conditions...
Primary subcutaneous Alternaria alternata infection of the hand in an immunocompromised hostDzifa S Kpodzo
Harvard Combined Plastic Surgery Residency Training Program, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Med Mycol 49:543-7. 2011..Posaconazole therapy, along with surgical excision of the infected tissue, resulted in the eradication of infection. The limitations of the clinical management of invasive Alternaria infections are discussed...
Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Case 8-2008. A 33-year-old man with fever, abdominal pain, and pancytopenia after renal transplantationJeremy S Abramson
Cancer Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, USA
N Engl J Med 358:1176-87. 2008
Safety and immunogenicity of attenuated Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium delivering an HIV-1 Gag antigen via the Salmonella Type III secretion systemCamille N Kotton
Infectious Disease Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 55 Fruit Street, GRJ 504, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Vaccine 24:6216-24. 2006..CONCLUSIONS: Although immunogenicity of the HIV antigen needs augmentation, the attenuated Salmonella strain proved to be an excellent platform for vaccine development...
Viral infection in the renal transplant recipientCamille N Kotton
Transplant Infectious Disease and Compromised Host Service, Infectious Disease Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street; GRJ 504, Boston, MA 02114, USA
J Am Soc Nephrol 16:1758-74. 2005..Studies of viral latency, reactivation, and the cellular effects of viral infection will provide clues for future strategies in prevention and treatment of viral infections...
Attenuated Listeria monocytogenes vaccine vectors expressing influenza A nucleoprotein: preclinical evaluation and oral inoculation of volunteersPaul V Johnson
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Microbiol Immunol 55:304-17. 2011..Comparison with prior work suggests that foreign antigen expression, and perhaps also freezing, may adversely affect the organisms' immunogenicity...
Cutaneous Aspergillus ustus in a lung transplant recipient: emergence of a new opportunistic fungal pathogenParsia A Vagefi
Division of Transplant Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
J Heart Lung Transplant 27:131-4. 2008..A. ustus is an emerging opportunistic fungal pathogen in transplant recipients...
