Consequences of Extended Spectrum Beta‐Lactamase–Producing Enterobacteriaceae and Methicillin‐Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Carriage in Awaiting Liver Transplant Patients

Bianca Magro, Alessandra Mazzola, Mona Munteanu, Claire Goumard, Valerie Martinez, Denis Bernard, Olivier Scatton, Salvatore Battaglia, Ciro Celsa, Calogero Cammà, Filomena Conti – 21 September 2020 – Infections in patients with cirrhosis are associated with liver‐related complications (LRCs), especially in patients awaiting liver transplantation (LT). The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of methicillin‐resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and extended spectrum beta‐lactamase colonization on infections and LRCs for patients on the wait list and on infections after LT.

LiverLearning®: 2020 Webinar: Current and Future Disease Burden of HBV: Global and Regional Perspectives

In this on-demand webinar, representative speakers from Africa including North and Sub-Saharan Africa (Mark W. Sonderup, South Africa), East Asia (Jidong Jia, China), West and South Asia (Shiv K. Sarin, India), Europe including Western and Eastern Europe (George V. Papatheodoridis, Greece), North America (Carla Coffin, Canada) and South/Central America (Adrian Gadano) will each talk on HBV disease burden and primary challenges in their respective regions. They will present the current status and predictions for the next decade.

Sequential Use of Normothermic Regional and Ex Situ Machine Perfusion in Donation After Circulatory Death Liver Transplant

Davide Ghinolfi, Daniele Dondossola, Erion Rreka, Caterina Lonati, Daniele Pezzati, Andrea Cacciatoinsilla, Alessia Kersik, Chiara Lazzeri, Alberto Zanella, Adriano Peris, Marco Maggioni, Giandomenico Biancofiore, Paolo Reggiani, Riccardo Morganti, Paolo De Simone, Giorgio Rossi – 18 September 2020 – In Italy, 20 minutes of a continuous flat line on an electrocardiogram are required for declaration of death.

Oral Vancomycin, Ursodeoxycholic Acid, or No Therapy for Pediatric Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis: A Matched Analysis

Mark R. Deneau, Cara Mack, Douglas Mogul, Emily R. Perito, Pamela L. Valentino, Achiya Z. Amir, Matthew DiGuglielmo, Laura G. Draijer, Wael El‐Matary, Katryn N. Furuya, Nitika Gupta, Jessica T. Hochberg, Simon Horslen, M. Kyle Jensen, Maureen M. Jonas, Nanda Kerkar, Bart G.P. Koot, Trevor J. Laborda, Christine K. Lee, Kathleen M. Loomes, Mercedes Martinez, Alexander Miethke, Tamir Miloh, Saeed Mohammad, Nadia Ovchinsky, Girish Rao, Amanda Ricciuto, Pushpa Sathya, Kathleen B. Schwarz, Uzma Shah, Ruchi Singh, Bernadette Vitola, Andréanne Zizzo, Stephen L. Guthery – 18 September 2020

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