Limaye, Ajit, M.D.
Associate Professor, Laboratory Medicine,
School of Medicine

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CONTACT INFORMATION
University of Washington
Box 357110
1959 NE Pacific Street
Seattle, Washington 98195
limaye@u.washington.edu

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS


Dr. Limaye's research focus is on (1) potential association of hepatic iron overload with invasive fungal infections among liver transplant recipients, (2) Cidofovir for treatment of BK virus-associated nephropathy in kidney transplant recipients, and (3) fungal PCR for early diagnosis of invasive fungal infection in stem cell transplant recipients.

PUBLICATIONS

Kadambi PV, Josephson MA, Williams J, Corey L, Jerome KR, Meehan SM, Limaye AP. Treatment of refractory BK virus-associated nephropathy with cidofovir. Am J Transpl 3:186-91, 2003.

Limaye AP. Antiviral resistance in CMV: an emerging problem in organ transplant recipients. Sem Resp Infect 17:265-73, 2002.

Limaye AP. Ganciclovir-resistant cytomegalovirus in organ transplant recipients. Clin Infect Dis 35:866-72, 2002.

Limaye AP, Raghu G, Koelle DM, Ferrenberg J, Huang ML, Boeckh M. High incidence of ganciclovir-resistant cytomegalovirus among lung transplant recipients receiving preemptive therapy. J Infect Dis 185:20-7, 2002.

Selvarangan R, Limaye AP, Cookson BT. Rapid identification and differentiation of Candida albicans and Candida dubliniensis by capillary-based amplification and fluorescent probe hybridization. J Clin Microbiol 40:4308-12, 2002.