Ashesh Shah, Avinash Agarwal, Richard Mangus, Joel Lim, Jonathan Fridell, Rodrigo Vianna, A. Joseph Tector – 25 July 2006 – Routine use of rabbit antithymocyte globulin (RATG) induction therapy remains controversial in pediatric liver transplantation. We reviewed our experience of 18 cadaveric liver transplants in 18 children over a span of 2 years. All patients received the same immunosuppression: perioperative steroid therapy with taper, 3 doses of RATG, and maintenance therapy of steroids and tacrolimus started on postoperative day 3. Mean follow‐up was 2.2 ± 0.2 years.

Amy A. Dan, Zobair M. Younossi – 25 July 2006

Bernhard Zöllner, Heinz‐Hubert Feucht, Martina Sterneck, Hansjörg Schäfer, Xavier Rogiers, Lutz Fischer – 25 July 2006 – Hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA is detectable in a number of liver transplant candidates who are negative for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg). After liver transplantation (LT), such patients may have molecular and/or serologic evidence of HBV replication. However, clinical disease from reactivation of occult HBV infection after LT has not been described.

Dympna M. Kelly, Charles Miller – 25 July 2006

Maha A. Assi, Matthew J. Binnicker, Nancy L. Wengenack, Paul J. Deziel, Andrew D. Badley – 25 July 2006 – Coccidioidomycosis has been previously described in recipients of solid organ transplantation, especially in patients who have lived in or have visited areas endemic for Coccidioides spp. We present a case of coccidioidomycosis in a liver transplant recipient with several unique aspects, including negative serology and positive polymerase chain reaction results. Liver Transpl 12:1290–1292, 2006. © 2006 AASLD.

Evan G. Pivalizza, Steven I. Abramson, Nicholas C. Lam, Robert D. Warters – 25 July 2006

Luc Massicotte, Serge Lénis, Lynda Thibeault, André Roy – 25 July 2006

Luc Massicotte, Serge Lénis, Lynda Thibeault, Marie‐Pascale Sassine, Robert F. Seal, Andre Roy – 25 July 2006

Yasumasa Shirouzu, Mureo Kasahara, Daisuke Morioka, Seisuke Sakamoto, Kaoru Taira, Kenji Uryuhara, Kohei Ogawa, Yasutsugu Takada, Hiroto Egawa, Koichi Tanaka – 25 July 2006 – Smaller‐size infants undergoing living‐donor liver transplantation (LDLT) are at increased risks of vascular complications because of their smaller vascular structures in addition to vascular pedicles of insufficient length for reconstruction. Out of 585 child patients transplanted between June 1990 and March 2005, 64 (10%) weighing less than 6 kg underwent 65 LDLTs.

Francis Y. Yao – 25 July 2006