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ArticleFrontline gastroenterology2021

Donor acquired visceral leishmaniasis following liver transplantation.

Amritpal Dhaliwal, Abhishek Chauhan, Dinesh Aggarwal, Pretin Davda, Miruna David, Rasoul Amel-Kashipaz, Rachel Brown, Martin Dedicoat, Fiona Clark, Tahir Shah and 6 more

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Article in Frontline gastroenterology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Amritpal DhaliwalLiver Unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-5919-6456
Abhishek ChauhanLiver Unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
Dinesh AggarwalHospital for Tropical Disease, University College London, London, UK.
Pretin DavdaDepartment of Microbiology, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK.
Miruna DavidDepartment of Microbiology, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK.
Rasoul Amel-KashipazDepartment of Histopathology, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK.
Rachel BrownDepartment of Histopathology, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK.
Martin DedicoatDepartment of Microbiology, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK.
Fiona ClarkDepartment of Haematology, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK.
Tahir ShahLiver Unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
Ahmed Mohamed ElsharkawyLiver Unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-5369-3734
Ines Ushiro-LumbDepartment of Haematology, NHS Blood and Transplant, Watford, UK.
Peter ChiodiniHospital for Tropical Disease, University College London, London, UK.
Omar El-SherifLiver Unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
Matthew ArmstrongNational Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre Birmingham, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
James W FergusonLiver Unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham · GBUniversity Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust · GBHospital for Tropical Diseases · GBNHS Blood and Transplant · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Patients who undergo solid organ transplantation are at risk of opportunistic infection associated with immunosuppression. We report a case of confirmed donor derived visceral leishmaniasis (VL), in a patient following liver transplantation causing fever and pancytopenia. The diagnosis was confirmed by bone marrow biopsy, with confirmed positive donor serology, with no other route of transmission. To our knowledge, this is the first case report in the United Kingdom and Europe, of confirmed organ donor transmission of VL. This case report highlights an important consideration of donor derived infections, in the context of solid organ transplantation.

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liver transplantation

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PMID34917328
PMCPMC8640386
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