Re: PCP after transplantation

[Guest guest]

Has anyone been diagnosed with PCP after transplantation? has just been diagnosed with it - her transplant was 4/05 and she did receive the prophylactic treatments post-transplant. I am just wondering if the docs need to reassess her transplant meds - she is still on Cellcept and also Prograf. Any insights would be helpful. Ruth

[Guest guest]

Has anyone been diagnosed with PCP after transplantation? has just been diagnosed with it - her transplant was 4/05 and she did receive the prophylactic treatments post-transplant. I am just wondering if the docs need to reassess her transplant meds - she is still on Cellcept and also Prograf. Any insights would be helpful. Ruth

[Guest guest]

Ruth,

Sorry for my ignorance, but what it PCP?

Thanks!

Deb in VA

>

> Has anyone been diagnosed with PCP after transplantation?

has just

> been diagnosed with it - her transplant was 4/05 and she did receive

the

> prophylactic treatments post-transplant. I am just wondering if the

docs need to

> reassess her transplant meds - she is still on Cellcept and also

Prograf.

> Any insights would be helpful. Ruth

>

[Guest guest]

Ruth,

Sorry for my ignorance, but what it PCP?

Thanks!

Deb in VA

>

> Has anyone been diagnosed with PCP after transplantation?

has just

> been diagnosed with it - her transplant was 4/05 and she did receive

the

> prophylactic treatments post-transplant. I am just wondering if the

docs need to

> reassess her transplant meds - she is still on Cellcept and also

Prograf.

> Any insights would be helpful. Ruth

>

[Guest guest]

Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia is an opportunistic infection that lives

in an immunosupressed environment.

It is likely that 's doctors will evaluate her level of

immunosupression and see if they can lower it a little.

Pam

(mom to Quantell, 16, dx 1996, tx 2001; AIH overlap with recurrent PSC

and hep C, 2006)

[Guest guest]

Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia is an opportunistic infection that lives

in an immunosupressed environment.

It is likely that 's doctors will evaluate her level of

immunosupression and see if they can lower it a little.

Pam

(mom to Quantell, 16, dx 1996, tx 2001; AIH overlap with recurrent PSC

and hep C, 2006)

[Guest guest]

PCP is pneumocystis pneumonia which immuno suppressed patients can get

[Guest guest]

PCP is pneumocystis pneumonia which immuno suppressed patients can get

[Guest guest]

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Message-----

Anyway, PCP is pneumocystis pneumonia

which immunosuppressed patients can get but and probably, you

received prophylactic bronchial treatment post-transplant for this. I am

just looking for anyone who has had this problem post-transplant

There is an excellent web

site (Stanford) that lists all sorts of post transplant “stuff”,

including PCP.

http://med.stanford.edu/shs/txp/livertxp/outpatient.management/management.html

HTH

Barb in Texas

[Guest guest]

-----Original

Message-----

Anyway, PCP is pneumocystis pneumonia

which immunosuppressed patients can get but and probably, you

received prophylactic bronchial treatment post-transplant for this. I am

just looking for anyone who has had this problem post-transplant

There is an excellent web

site (Stanford) that lists all sorts of post transplant “stuff”,

including PCP.

http://med.stanford.edu/shs/txp/livertxp/outpatient.management/management.html

HTH

Barb in Texas