Increasingly potent immunosuppressive agents have dramatically reduced the incidence of
rejection of transplanted organs while increasing susceptibility to opportunistic infections …

Rabies, an acute progressive, fatal encephalomyelitis, transmitted most commonly through
the bite of a rabid animal, is responsible for an estimated 61,000 human deaths worldwide …

Objective: To estimate the burden of encephalitis-associated hospitalizations in the United
States for 1998–2010. Methods: Using the Nationwide Inpatient Sample, a nationally …

Despite clinical and laboratory screening of potential donors for transmissible disease,
unexpected transmission of disease from donor to recipient remains an inherent risk of …

RESUMO O transplante de órgãos é a única alternativa para muitos pacientes portadores
de algumas doenças terminais. Ao mesmo tempo, é preocupante a crescente desproporção …

RESUMO O transplante de órgãos é a única alternativa para muitos pacientes portadores
de algumas doenças terminais. Ao mesmo tempo, é preocupante a crescente desproporção …

Organ transplantation, including of the heart, lung, kidney, liver, pancreas, and small bowel,
is considered the therapy of choice for end-stage organ failure. Each year, over 70,000 …

Rabies viral encephalitis, though one of the oldest recognized infectious disease of humans,
remains an incurable, fatal encephalomyelitis, despite advances in understanding of its …

Ehrlichiosis and anaplasmosis are emerging tickborne diseases that can also be transmitted
through blood transfusions or organ transplants. Since 2000, ehrlichiosis and anaplasmosis …

The Milwaukee protocol has been attributed to survival in rabies encephalitis despite a lack
of scientific evidence supporting its therapeutic measures. We have reviewed the literature …