title: Postoperative infectious complications of abdominal solid organ transplantation.
abstract: There is a rapidly growing population of immunocompromised organ transplant recipients. These patients are at risk of a large variety of infections that have significant consequences on mortality, graft dysfunction, and graft loss. The diagnosis and treatment of these infections are facilitated by an understanding of the preoperative, perioperative, and postoperative risk factors; the typical pathogens; and their characteristic time of presentation. On the basis of these factors, we put forth an algorithm for diagnosing and treating suspected infections in solid organ transplant recipients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
authors.forename: Nicole
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hlava
authors.forename: Claus U
authors.initials: CU
authors.lastname: Niemann
authors.forename: Michael A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Gropper
authors.forename: Marc L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Melcher
mesh_terms: D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy; D009181:Mycoses / Q000209:etiology*; D016377:Organ Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012307:Risk Factors; D014181:Transplantation Immunology; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000209:etiology*