Infection Control News

SAN DIEGO — Patients who were hospitalized during the omicron variant wave were less likely to develop AKI compared with patients who had previous waves of SARS-CoV-2 infection, according to data presented at ASN Kidney Week, here.

Standard infection prevention and control procedures prevented the spread of Candida auris at a Tennessee dialysis facility despite two patients there being colonized for up to 4 months during treatment, researchers reported.

Obesity may be linked to a higher risk of developing early sepsis-associated AKI in adults admitted to the ICU, according to a recently published study.

An accelerated hepatitis B virus vaccine regimen may be effective in reaching rapid seroconversion for adults with advanced chronic kidney disease, according to a study.

A genetically engineered pig kidney is functioning well more than a month after being transplanted into the body of a man declared dead by neurologic criteria, doctors announced.

Despite improvement over time, patients on dialysis have a risk for infection-related death that is 20 times that of the general population, according to recently published data.

Donor kidneys from deceased patients who had active or resolved COVID-19 were not associated with worse outcomes within 2 years after transplantation, according to recently published data.

Multifaceted quality improvement interventions may prevent hemodialysis catheter-related bloodstream infections outside the ICU, however, more research is needed, according to published data.

For this month’s Infectious Disease News cover story, we touched base with experts in transplant medicine and transplant infectious diseases to discuss recent challenges brought on by the pandemic and the country’s organ shortage crisis.