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Infections in Liver and Lung Transplant Recipients: a National Prospective Cohort by Carlo Gagliotti; SInT Collaborative Study Group; Filomena Morsillo; Maria Luisa Moro; Lucia Masiero; Francesco Procaccio; Francesca Vespasiano; Annalisa Pantosti; Monica Monaco; Giulia Errico; Andrea Ricci; Paolo Grossi; Alessandro Nanni Costa is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
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Infections are a major complication of solid organ transplants (SOTs). This study aimed to describe recipients' characteristics, and the frequency and etiology of infections and transplant outcome in liver and lung SOTs, and to investigate exposures associated to infection and death in liver transplant recipients. The study population included recipients of SOTs performed in Italy during a 1-year period in ten Italian lung transplant units and eight liver transplant units. Data on comorbidities, infections, retransplantation, and death were prospectively collected using a web-based system, with a 6-month follow-up. The cumulative incidence of infection was 31.7% and 47.8% in liver and lung transplants, respectively, with most infections occurring within the first month after transplantation. Gramnegatives, which were primarily multidrug-resistant, were the most frequent cause of infection. Death rates were 0.42 per 1000 recipient-days in liver transplants and 1.41 per 1000 recipient-days in lung transplants. Infection after SOT in adult liver recipients is associated to an increased risk of death (OR = 13.25; p-value < 0.001). Given the frequency of infection caused by multidrug-re
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- Author
- Carlo Gagliotti; SInT Collaborative Study Group; Filomena Morsillo; Maria Luisa Moro; Lucia Masiero; Francesco Procaccio; Francesca Vespasiano; Annalisa Pantosti; Monica Monaco; Giulia Errico; Andrea Ricci; Paolo Grossi; Alessandro Nanni Costa
- Publisher
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC
- Published
- 2018
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)