LIGIA CAMERA PIERROTTI
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Instituto Central, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina - Médico
LIM/47 - Laboratório de Hepatologia por Vírus, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
LIM/47 - Laboratório de Hepatologia por Vírus, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
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- Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae among kidney transplant recipients - insights on the risk of acquisition and CRE infection(2021) FREIRE, Maristela P.; CARVALHO, Laina B.; REUSING JR., Jose Otto; SPADAO, Fernanda; LOPES, Max Igor B. F.; NAHAS, William C.; DAVID-NETO, Elias; PIERROTTI, Ligia C.Background Kidney transplant recipients are a risk group for carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae infection. Objectives This study aimed to identify risk factors for CRE acquisition and infection among kidney transplant recipients. Methods We conducted a case-control study; we defined the case as kidney transplant recipient with positive culture for carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae identified between January 2010 and February 2019. Controls were chosen among kidney transplant recipients hospitalized in the same period of cases (1:2). Surveillance culture for carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae was performed at admission and weekly during hospital stay. The risk factors analysis for carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae infection was performed among patients colonized by these bacteria. Results We identified 331 patients colonized with carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae; The median time from transplantation to first carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae positive culture was 42 days (range from 3 to 7399 days); 125(37.8%) patients developed infection; the most common site was urinary tract. Risk factors for carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae acquisition were recipient age >45-year, diabetes nephropathy, donor age >55-year, ureteral stent at kidney transplantation, delay of graft function, median lymphocytes count <800cells/mm(3), and acute cellular rejection. Risk factors for carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae infection were recipient age at CRE acquisition >50-year; median lymphocytes count <= 700 cells/mm(3), carbapenem use, and colonization by polymyxin-resistant strain. Patients colonized by polymyxin and carbapenem resistant Enterobacteriaceae strain who used carbapenem had a 93.8% probability of developing infection by this agent. Conclusion Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae acquisition after kidney transplant is related to graft conditions, immunosuppression degree. Among carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae colonized patients, special attention is needed for those harbouring polymyxin-resistant strains.
- Chikungunya in kidney transplant recipients: A series of cases(2017) PIERROTTI, Ligia Camera; LOPES, Max Igor Banks Ferreira; NASCIMENTO, Ana Patricia do; CAIAFFA-FILHO, Helio; LEMOS, Francine Brambate Carvalhinho; REUSING JR., Jose Otto; SEJAS, Odeli Nicole Encinas; DAVID-NETO, Elias; AZEVEDO, Luiz SergioChikungunya (CHIK) is a mosquito-borne virus (CHIKV) infection that recently appeared in the Americas and thousands of confirmed cases have been reported in Brazil since the first autochthonous cases were reported in September 2014. We reported four cases of CHIK in kidney transplant recipients. The diagnosis was confirmed by positive CHIKV real-time polymerase chain reaction in two cases and positive CHIKV-IgM serology in two patients. The time between transplantation and CHIKV infection ranged from 2 to 11 years. All of them had arthralgia, and 3 of them had fever. Other symptoms were mild conjunctivitis, rash, and retro-orbital pain. Kidney function remained stable in all cases. In three patients prednisone doses were temporally increased and the symptoms disappeared concurrently with the increase of the dose. As for the fourth patient, the prednisone dose remained unchanged and yet she improved. Other immunosuppressive drugs were not changed for the four cases. As far as we know, there are only two previously reported cases of CHIK among solid organ transplant recipients besides the four cases reported here. Despite the small number of cases, we can speculate that the use of immunosuppression might have played a role in the paucity of symptoms and the gradual complete recovery with no complication. (C) 2017 The Authors.
conferenceObject Chikungunya infection in a kidney transplant recipiente: A case report(2016) PIERROTTI, Ligia; SEJAS, Odeli Nicole E.; NASCIMENTO, Ana Patricia; DAVID-NETO, Elias E.; AZEVEDO, Luis Sergio L. S.- First report of a clinical isolate of Candida haemulonii in Brazil(2012) ALMEIDA JR., Joao Nobrega de; MOTTA, Adriana Lopes; ROSSI, Flavia; ABDALA, Edson; PIERROTTI, Ligia Camera; KONO, Adriana Satie Goncalves; DIZ, Maria Del Pilar Estevez; BENARD, Gil; NEGRO, Gilda Maria Barbaro Del
- Viremia and viruria of trichodysplasia spinulosa-associated polyomavirus before the development of clinical disease in a kidney transplant recipient(2019) PIERROTTI, Ligia Camera; URBANO, Paulo Roberto Palma; NALI, Luiz Henrique da Silva; ROMANO, Camila Malta; BICALHO, Camila da Silva; ARNONE, Marcelo; VALENTE, Neusa Sakai; PANNUTI, Claudio Sergio; DAVID-NETO, Elias; AZEVEDO, Luiz SergioTrichodysplasia spinulosa (TS) is a rare disease associated with immunosuppression and induced by a polyomavirus denominated Tricodisplasia Polyomavirus (TSPyV). We report a case of TS 6 months after kidney transplantation in a 65 years-old woman under immunosuppression therapy with prednisone, mycophenolate and tacrolimus. The patient developed follicular papules on the face with a thickening of the skin and alopecia of the eyebrows, leading to distortion of the face and a leonine appearance characteristic of the disease. The skin biopsy confirmed the clinical diagnosis and the presence of TSPyV DNA in the skin was detected. Staining for SV40 was positive. Immunosuppression was changed: mycophenolate was withdrawn, tacrolimus reduced and everolimus added. Intravenous cidofovir and later on leflunomide were added. Although the literature has reported clinical success with topical cidofovir, we were unable to use it because this drug is not available. There was an improvement of skin lesions and on cosmetic appearance. The patient had three rejections (one clinically diagnosed and two other biopsy proven), progressed with renal failure and graft loss. Retrospective analysis of stored urine and blood samples detected TSPyV DNA in some of those samples two months before the TS clinical development. This case highlights the TSPyV detection in blood and urine samples before the development of skin lesions.
- Seroconversion of 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) vaccination in kidney transplant patients and the influence of different risk factors(2013) AZEVEDO, L. S.; GERHARD, J.; MIRAGLIA, J. L.; PRECIOSO, A. R.; TIMENETSKY, M. dC S. Tavares; AGENA, F.; GAMBA, C.; YASUDA, M. A. Shikanai; DAVID-NETO, E.; PIERROTTI, L.BackgroundInfluenza may present a high morbidity and mortality in solid organ transplanted patients (SOTP). Annual influenza virus vaccine is recommended for SOTP. However, low levels of seroconversion in SOTP have been reported. The aim of this study was to evaluate the immunogenicity of 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) - A(H1N1)pdm09 - vaccine in kidney transplant patients and to analyze which features might affect seroconversion. MethodsThis study was conducted from March to August 2010 at the Renal Transplantation Unit of University of SAo Paulo, Brazil. A total of 85 renal transplant patients attending the outpatient unit received one 15-g intramuscular dose of A(H1N1)pdm09 influenza vaccine (reassortant vaccine virus A/California/7/2009 [NYMC X-179A]). Blood samples were collected immediately before and 21days after the vaccine was given. Antibody response was measured by the standard hemagglutination-inhibition (HI) assay. The primary immunogenicity endpoint for this study was seroconversion in previously seronegative patients (HI titers <1:40), and the secondary endpoint was the identification of features that could affect seroconversion in this population. ResultsFive (5.9%) patients presented HI titers prevaccination 1:40 and were excluded from further analysis. Seroconversion in previously negative patients occurred in 27 (34%) of 80 patients. Prevaccination HI titers geometrical mean was 5.8 and postvaccination 19.6 (ratio 3.4). Significant seroconversion rate factors were female gender, non-Caucasian ethnicity, and post-transplant time before vaccination. No impact was seen on seroconversion for age, donor type, tacrolimus and cyclosporine blood levels, renal function, or blood lymphocyte counts. Mycophenolate (MPA) showed a lower rate of seroconversion when compared with azathioprine. Tacrolimus and cyclosporine had similar seroconversion rates. Sirolimus use was associated with the highest rate of seroconversion, although these patient numbers were low. Immunosuppresssion containing MPA was considerably less effective in seroconversion than drug combinations with no MPA. Patients receiving sirolimus had more chance of seroconversion. HI titers geometric means pre/post vaccine were as follows: MPA (n=56): 5.8/12.8; tacrolimus (n=50): 5.9/16.2; cyclosporine (n=18): 5.4/24.2; azathioprine (n=19): 6.2/51.6; and sirolimus (n=6): 8/80. By univariate analysis, being female and non-White were variables associated with 3.3 times more chance of seroconversion than being male and White. In the multivariate analysis, the variables remaining in the model showed similar hazard ratios. ConclusionsIn this study, the monovalent A(H1N1)pdm09 influenza vaccine demonstrated low rates of seroconversion, particularly in patients on MPA, but with potentially higher response rates in patients on sirolimus.
- Institutional protocol adherence in the incidence of recurrent urinary tract infection after kidney transplantation(2020) FREIRE, Maristela P.; MARTINHO, Lorena; V, Clara Mendes; SPADAO, Fernanda; PAULA, Flavio Jota De; NAHAS, William C.; DAVID-NETO, Elias; PIERROTTI, Ligia C.Objectives: Recurrent urinary tract infections (rUTIs) occur frequently after kidney transplantation (KT), however their optimal management remains undefined. This study aimed to identify risk factors for rUTI and to validate a protocol for UTI and rUTI treatment after KT. Methods: This retrospective cohort study involved patients undergoing KT between January 2013 and July 2016. Patients were followed-up from day of KT until graft loss, death or end of follow-up (31 December 2018). We analysed all episodes of symptomatic UTI. The main outcome measure was rUTI after KT. Analysis was done per episode in a multilevel approach; patient features were considered in the distal level and UTI features in the proximal level. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed by Cox regression. A propensity score was used to adjust the risk of patients with carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae. Results: During the study period, 787 patients underwent KT, of whom 152 (19.3%) developed 356 UTI episodes. The most common micro-organisms wereEscherichia coli (165/356; 46.3%) and Klebsiella pneumoniae (101/356; 28.4%). Multidrug-resistant micro-organisms were isolated in 161 UTIs (45.2%). Risk factors for rUTI were diabetic nephropathy as the cause of end-stage renal disease (P = 0.02), UTI in first 180 days after KT (P = 0.04), anatomic alteration of the urinary tract at UTI diagnosis (P = 0.004) and length of time to effective therapy (P = 0.002); UTI treatment duration according to institutional protocol (P = 0.04) was the only protective factor identified. Conclusion: Appropriate therapy duration has an impact on rUTI prevention after KT. (C) 2020 The Authors.
- Cytomegalovirus prophylaxis in seropositive renal transplant recipients receiving thymoglobulin induction therapy: Outcome and risk factors for late CMV disease(2018) JR, Jose O. Reusing; FEITOSA, Emanoela B.; AGENA, Fabiana; PIERROTTI, Ligia C.; AZEVEDO, Luiz S. F.; KOTTON, Camille N.; DAVID-NETO, EliasBackgroundAnti-thymocyte globulin (ATG) therapy is a risk factor for cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease in renal transplant (RTx) recipients and therefore antiviral prophylaxis is commonly used. We evaluated the outcome of our current policy of 90days of CMV prophylaxis in seropositive recipients given ATG and the risk factors for the occurrence of CMV disease after prophylaxis. MethodsWe studied a retrospective cohort of 423 RTx (2010-2014) CMV-seropositive adults given ATG induction therapy. Results54 (13%) patients developed CMV disease at a median of 163days after transplant, of which 29 (54%) had viral syndrome and 25 (46%) had invasive disease. Median prophylaxis time (94days) and immunosuppressive drugs were similar between groups (CMV vs no-CMV). Those with CMV disease had more deceased donors and higher donor age, lower lymphocyte count, and lower median eGFR at day 90. Multivariable logistic regression analysis at day 90 and 180 found that eGFR 40ml/min/1.73m(2) (but not acute rejection) was associated with late CMV disease. In a separate validation cohort of 124 patients with 8% late CMV disease, eGFR 45 and lymphocyte count 800cells/mm(3) at the end of prophylaxis remained predictive of late CMV disease occurrence. ConclusionsThese data indicate that antiviral prophylaxis adequately prevented CMV in seropositive recipients given ATG, but late disease still occurred. Low eGFR and low lymphocyte count at the end of prophylaxis may help identify patients at higher risk of CMV disease.
- Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia with an atypical granulomatous response after kidney transplantation(2014) RAMALHO, J.; MARQUES, I. D. Bacelar; AGUIRRE, A. R.; PIERROTTI, L. C.; PAULA, F. J. de; NAHAS, W. C.; DAVID-NETO, E.Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PCP) continues to be a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in kidney transplant recipients. Granulomatous PCP is an unusual histological presentation that has been described in a variety of immunosuppressive conditions. Previous studies have demonstrated an association between granulomatous disorders and hypercalcemia, the purported mechanism of which is extrarenal production of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D by activated macrophages. Here, we report a case of granulomatous formation in a kidney transplant recipient with PCP who presented with hypercalcemia and suppressed parathyroid hormone, both of which resolved after successful treatment of the pneumonia. In immunocompromised patients, pulmonary infection associated with hypercalcemia should raise the suspicion of PCP and other granulomatous disorders.
- Critical points and potential pitfalls of outbreak of IMP-1-producing carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa among kidney transplant recipients: a case-control study(2021) FREIRE, M. P.; CAMARGO, C. H.; YAMADA, A. Y.; NAGAMORI, F. O.; JUNIOR, J. O. Reusing; SPADAO, F.; CURY, A. P.; ROSSI, F.; NAHAS, W. C.; DAVID-NETO, E.; PIERROTTI, L. C.Background: Carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa (CRPA) infection after kidney transplantation (KT) is associated with high mortality. Aim: To analyse an outbreak of infection/colonization with IMP-1-producing CRPA on a KT ward. Methods: A case-control study was conducted. Cases were identified through routine surveillance culture and real-time polymerase chain reaction for carbapenemase performed directly from rectal swab samples. Controls were randomly selected from patients hospitalized on the same ward during the same period, at a ratio of 3:1. Strain clonality was analysed through pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), and whole-genome sequencing was performed for additional strain characterization. Findings: CRPA was identified in 37 patients, in 51.4% through surveillance cultures and in 49.6% through clinical cultures. The median persistence of culture positivity was 42.5 days. Thirteen patients (35.1%) presented a total of 15 infections, of which seven (46.7%) were in the urinary tract; among those, 30-day mortality rate was 46.2%. PFGE analysis showed that all of the strains shared the same pulsotype. Multilocus sequence typing analysis identified the sequence type as ST446. Risk factors for CRPA acquisition were hospital stay >10 days, retransplantation, urological surgical reintervention after KT, use of carbapenem or ciprofloxacin in the last three months and low median lymphocyte count in the last three months.