Urinary tract infection in kidney transplant recipients.
Infectious complications remain a major cause of morbidity and mortality among transplant recipients. Urinary tract infection (UTI) is the most common infectious complication in kidney transplant recipients with a reported incidence from 25% to 75%, varies widely likely due to differences in definition, diagnostic criteria, study design, and length of observation. We sought reviews the incidence and importance of urinary tract infection on graft survival, the microbiology with special emphasis on multidrug resistant microorganisms, the therapeutic management of UTI and the prophylaxis of recurrent UTI among solid organ transplant recipients, highlighting the need for prospective clinical trials to unify the clinical management in this population.
Servicio de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Microbiología y Medicina Preventiva, Hospital Universitario Virgen Del Rocío/cSIC/Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain. Electronic address: natchamor@gmail.com.
Natalia
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Chacón-Mora
Servicio de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Microbiología y Medicina Preventiva, Hospital Universitario Virgen Del Rocío/cSIC/Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain.
Jerónimo
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Pachón Díaz
Servicio de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Microbiología y Medicina Preventiva, Hospital Universitario Virgen Del Rocío/cSIC/Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain.
Elisa
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Cordero Matía
D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D012008:Recurrence; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control
Función del injerto; Graft function; Infección del tracto urinario; Kidney transplantation; Pielonefritis; Pyelonephritis; Solid organ transplantation; Trasplante de órgano sólido; Trasplante renal; Urinary tract infection