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Ajit Limaye, MD

  • Professor of Medicine and Laboratory Medicine (Adjunct)
  • University of Washington

Dr. Limaye directs the Solid Organ Transplant Infectious Disease Program at University of Washington. He interacts with trainees at "plate rounds", on the general and SOT ID services, and in the SOT ID clinic. His clinical and collaborative research activities are primarily focused on viral and fungal infections in SOT patients.

Specific ongoing research areas include:

  • assessing the role of CMV reactivation in immunocompetent adults with critical illness and acute lung injury
  • comparison of antiviral strategies for prevention of CMV disease in high-risk D+R- SOT recipients
  • identification of immunologic correlates of protection/susceptibility to CMV disease in high-risk SOT recipients
  • treatments for BK Virus infection in kidney transplant recipients.

Limaye has active collaborations with members of the program in infectious diseases at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (Boeckh) and at the City of Hope Research Center (Drs Diamond & La Rosa).

Selected Publications

Limaye AP, Boeckh M. CMV in critically ill patients: pathogen or bystander? Rev Med Virol. 2010 Nov;20(6):372-9.
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Roxby AC, Gottlieb GS, Limaye AP. Strongyloidiasis in transplant patients. Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Nov 1;49(9):1411-23.
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Limaye AP, Kirby KA, Rubenfeld GD, Leisenring WM, Bulger EM, Neff MJ, Gibran NS, Huang ML, Santo Hayes TK, Corey L, Boeckh M. Cytomegalovirus reactivation in critically ill immunocompetent patients. JAMA. 2008 Jul 23;300(4):413-22.
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Li F, Kenyon KW, Kirby KA, Fishbein DP, Boeckh M, Limaye AP. Incidence and clinical features of ganciclovir-resistant cytomegalovirus disease in heart transplant recipients. Clin Infect Dis. 2007 Aug 15;45(4):439-47. Epub 2007 Jul 10.
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Copp DH, Godwin JD, Kirby KA, Limaye AP. Clinical and radiologic factors associated with pulmonary nodule etiology in organ transplant recipients. Am J Transplant. 2006 Nov;6(11):2759-64.
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Limaye AP, Bakthavatsalam R, Kim HW, Randolph SE, Halldorson JB, Healey PJ, Kuhr CS, Levy AE, Perkins JD, Reyes JD, Boeckh M. Impact of cytomegalovirus in organ transplant recipients in the era of antiviral prophylaxis. Transplantation. 2006 Jun 27;81(12):1645-52.
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