Infective complications in renal allograft recipients.
Infective complications were analysed in 74 patients who underwent renal transplantation. Bacterial infections were seen in 69%, viral infections in 48% and fungal infections in 17% of these patients. The urinary tract was involved in 56% of patients, the lungs in 24% and the upper respiratory tract in 17%. Less common were cellulitis (7%), CNS infections (4%), and other sites of infection.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007239:Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008875:Middle Aged; D009181:Mycoses / Q000453:epidemiology; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology