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#PedsTID time for virtual case conference @PIDSociety given by Dr. #AhmadHachem mentor @paulksue1 focusing on #EBV and #PTLD in organ transplant recipients - recording will be available pids.org/transplant-imm… 1/10 
Many good pearls here - of note, importance of PTLD as a post-transplant complication in pediatric organ transplantation - overall ped SOT 5 yr incidence 3-15% with 5 yr mortality 20-25%. 2/10
@AST_IDCOP guidelines for PTLD, EBV infection and disease in SOT important resource - note any sign/symptom concerning for PTLD should prompt evaluation with tissue biopsy = gold standard onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11… 3/10
We should take some of the most replicated findings in #MECFS and study them in #longCOVID patients. Some of these findings, if also present in #longCOVID, *could* potentially imply avenues for symptom management or therapeutic treatment.
Here are a few that might be interesting:
1️⃣Low serum carnitine: me-pedia.org/wiki/Carnitine
2️⃣ Low natural killer cell function: me-pedia.org/wiki/Natural_k…
3️⃣ Elevated lactate (blood, brain): me-pedia.org/wiki/Lactic_ac…
4️⃣ Cerebral hypoperfusion: me-pedia.org/wiki/Brain#Blo…
1️⃣Low serum carnitine: me-pedia.org/wiki/Carnitine
2️⃣ Low natural killer cell function: me-pedia.org/wiki/Natural_k…
3️⃣ Elevated lactate (blood, brain): me-pedia.org/wiki/Lactic_ac…
4️⃣ Cerebral hypoperfusion: me-pedia.org/wiki/Brain#Blo…
