Impact of microbial contamination of the islet product during total pancreatectomy with islet autotransplantation

ConclusionsThese results suggest that combined anti ‐inflammatory drug use is safe and well tolerated in TPIAT patients who receive contaminated islet product and does not increase the rate of infectious complications; however, contaminated islet product is associated with poor metabolic outcomes.

Source: Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences - April 13, 2020 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Kenjiro Kumano, Morihito Takita, Srividya Vasu, Carly Darden, Michael Lawrence, Ernest Beecherl, Amar Gupta, Nicholas Onaca, Bashoo Naziruddin Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research