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Karen Doucette
Researcher at University of Alberta
Publications - 95
Citations - 2864
Karen Doucette is an academic researcher from University of Alberta. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Transplantation. The author has an hindex of 26, co-authored 77 publications receiving 2451 citations. Previous affiliations of Karen Doucette include University of Calgary & Harvard University.
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Efficacy of Antiretroviral Therapy Programs in Resource-Poor Settings: A Meta-analysis of the Published Literature
TL;DR: ART treatment programs in resource-poor settings have efficacy rates similar to those reported for developed countries, and the provision of medications free of charge to the patient is associated with a significantly increased probability of virologic suppression at months 6 and 12 of ART.
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Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infection in Hematopoietic Stem Cell and Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
Karen Doucette,Jay A. Fishman +1 more
TL;DR: Issues involved in the management of NTM disease in transplant recipients are characterized by a case of disseminated infection due to Mycobacterium avium complex in a lung transplant recipient, with a review of the relevant literature.
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Solid organ transplantation from hepatitis B virus-positive donors: Consensus guidelines for recipient management
Shirish Huprikar,Lara Danziger-Isakov,Joseph Ahn,S. Naugler,Emily A. Blumberg,Robin K. Avery,Christine E. Koval,Erika D. Lease,Anjana Pillai,Karen Doucette,Josh Levitsky,Michele I. Morris,K. Lu,Jennifer K McDermott,T. Mone,J. P. Orlowski,Darshana Dadhania,Kevin C. Abbott,Simon Horslen,Benjamin L. Laskin,A. Mougdil,V. L. Venkat,Kevin M. Korenblat,Vineeta Kumar,Paolo Grossi,Roy D. Bloom,Kevin S. Brown,Camille N. Kotton,Deepali Kumar +28 more
TL;DR: The American Society of Transplantation (ASTROPT) as discussed by the authors reviewed the existing literature and developed consensus recommendations for recipient management following the use of organs from HBV positive donors.
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A prospective molecular surveillance study evaluating the clinical impact of community-acquired respiratory viruses in lung transplant recipients.
Deepali Kumar,Shahid Husain,Maggie H Chen,George Moussa,David Himsworth,Oriol Manuel,Sean M. Studer,Diana L. Pakstis,Kenneth R. McCurry,Karen Doucette,Joseph M. Pilewski,Richard Janeczko,Atul Humar,Atul Humar +13 more
TL;DR: Community-acquired RVIs are frequently detected in BAL samples from lung transplant patients, and in a significant percentage of patients, symptomatic or asymptomatic viral infection is a trigger for acute rejection and obliterative bronchiolitis/BOS.
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Management of chronic hepatitis C: Consensus guidelines
Morris Sherman,Stephen D. Shafran,Kelly W. Burak,Karen Doucette,Winnie Wong,Nigel Girgrah,Eric M. Yoshida,Eberhard L. Renner,Philip Wong,Marc Deschênes +9 more
TL;DR: The present document reviews the epidemiology of hepatitis C in Canada, treatment of acute hepatitis C and new algorithms in chronic hepatitis C, including retreatment of previous treatment failures and the use of hematopoietic growth factors to help manage patients on therapy.