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		<title>Xenotransplantation: INFECTIOUS CONCERNS</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 05:10:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kristina Albers</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Liver disease]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Infections have proven to be a substantial cause of morbid­ity and mortality after allotransplantation. This is owing in large part to the immunosuppressive treatment needed to prevent graft rejection. Interspecies transplantation may require greater levels of immune suppression than are cur­rently used for allotransplantation, thereby further in­creasing the risk of opportunistic infection. An additional risk [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Xenotransplantation: ETHICAL, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 05:10:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kristina Albers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Xenotransplantation is potentially a reliable, long term so­lution to the current donor shortage for allotransplanta- tion. At the same time, it presents a number of complex ethical, social and economic issues that must be resolved before it can be fully implemented. Unlike other areas of clinical medicine, xenotransplantation raises a variety of ethical issues that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Xenotransplantation: CELLULAR/HUMORAL REJECTION</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 05:20:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kristina Albers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Xenografted organs that are not destroyed by HAR or DXR are subject to elicited cellular and/or humoral rejec­tion. In pig to primate transplants, Alexandre et al reversed decreases in graft function by administering immunosuppressive agents. Fryer et al expedited the rejection of guinea pig to rat cardiac xenografts by trans­ferring lymphocytes from presensitized animals. It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Xenotransplantation: DELAYED XENOGRAFT REJECTION</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 05:07:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kristina Albers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If HAR is averted, xenografts are still rejected in days in­stead of minutes or hours by a process referred to as &#8216;d­elayed xenograft rejection&#8217; (DXR), also termed &#8216;acute vascular xenograft rejection&#8217;. This process is charac­terized pathologically by infiltration of leukocytes (par­ticularly monocytes and natural killer [NK] cells), focal ischemia and diffuse microvascular coagulation. There is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Xenotransplantation: HYPERACUTE REJECTION</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 05:06:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kristina Albers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first immunological barrier to xenotransplantation is hyperacute rejection (HAR), characterized by comple­ment activation leading to widespread thrombosis and in­terstitial hemorrhage of the donor organ. This phenomenon is initiated by the binding of antibodies of the recipient to the vascular endothelium of the donor organ. These naturally occurring &#8216;xenoreactive&#8217; antibodies (XRAs) recognize cells from discordant [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Xenotransplantation</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 05:05:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kristina Albers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Xenotransplantation: A potential solution to the critical organ donor shortage Orthotopic liver transplantation is the treatment of choice for many patients with end-stage liver disease. Advances in immunosuppression and perioperative care have resulted in a dramatic improvement in survival of pa­tients undergoing liver transplantation. However, the need for donor organs far outweighs the available supply [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Low prevalence of VRE gastrointestinal colonization: DISCUSSION</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 03:38:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kristina Albers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Enterococci are normal constituents of the human GIT, and may also colonize the oral cavity, vagina, biliary tract and up­per respiratory tract of healthy people. Most clinical isolates of enterococci represent colonization, not infection. Entero- cocci may however cause infection, most commonly urinary tract infections. Cholecystitis, cholangitis, peritonitis, septicemia, endocardititis, meningitis and wound infections have [...]]]></description>
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