Routine Bile Culture From Liver Donors as Screening of Donor‐Transmitted Infections in Liver Transplantation

Cristina Pérez‐Cameo, Itxarone Bilbao, Mayli Lung, Mireia Caralt, Víctor Vargas, Teresa Pont, Xavier Nuvials, Ibai Los‐Arcos, Lluís Castells, Oscar Len – 14 April 2020 – Bacterial infections are an important threat in the early post–liver transplantation period. Donor‐transmitted infections, although rare, can have high mortality. The utility of routine culture from the donor bile duct as screening of donor‐transmitted infection has not been evaluated. We performed a retrospective study of 200 consecutive liver transplants between 2010 and 2015.

ASS1 Overexpression: A Hallmark of Sonic Hedgehog Hepatocellular Adenomas; Recommendations for Clinical Practice

Margaux Sala, Delphine Gonzales, Thierry Leste‐Lasserre, Nathalie Dugot‐Senant, Valérie Paradis, Sylvaine Di Tommaso, Jean‐William Dupuy, Vincent Pitard, Cyril Dourthe, Amedeo Sciarra, Christine Sempoux, Linda D. Ferrell, Andrew D. Clouston, Gregory Miller, Mathew M. Yeh, Swan Thung, Annette S.H.

Telemedicine in Liver Disease and Beyond: Can the COVID‐19 Crisis Lead to Action?

Marina Serper, Allen W. Cubell, Mary Elisabeth Deleener, Tara K. Casher, Dale J. Rosenberg, Dale Whitebloom, Roy M. Rosin – 10 April 2020 – Evidence strongly supports that access to specialty gastroenterology or hepatology care in cirrhosis is associated with higher adherence to guideline‐recommended care and improves clinical outcomes.

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