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Hernandez Acosta, R Alfonso

0000-0003-0489-7030

Mayo Clinic

Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, Harvard Medical School.

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Analyzing the Donor Dilemma: Outcomes of Kidney Transplant Recipients From Donors With Positive Blood Cultures Obtained at Organ Procurement
Svoronos, Petros, Acosta, R Alfonso Hernandez , Vijayvargiya, Prakhar , Vaitla, Pradeep , Wynn, J. D. , Parham, Jason, Beam, Elena , Sohail, M. Rizwan , Garrigos, Zerelda Esquer , Hernandez Acosta, R Alfonso , Wynn, James J , Beam, Elena , Sohail, M Rizwan , Esquer Garrigos, Zerelda , Anderson, Christopher D.

Open Forum Infectious Diseases | March 4, 2025 | Volume: 12 | Issue: 2 | Pages: No page available

10.1093/ofid/ofae694 Get It

Abstract Based on expert consensus, the American Society of Transplantation recommends 7–14 days of preventive antibiotic therapy for solid organ transplant recipients from donors with positive blood cultures. We evaluated management and outcomes of kidney transplant recipients from these donors.