Outcome, incidence, and timing of infections in small bowel/multivisceral transplantation
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Published on: August 20, 2007
G Guaraldi1, S Cocchi, N De Ruvo
1Department of Medical Specialities, Infectious Diseases Clinic, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy. g.guaraldi@unimo.it
Abstract:
The objective of this study was to assess the timing, incidence, and outcome of infections in patients with small bowel/multivisceral transplants (SB/MV Tx). A 180-day follow-up was obtained on 13 SB/MV patients transplanted from January 2001 to June 2002. Fifty-six documented infections were observed. By Kaplan-Meier analysis for time to infection, most of which were of bacterial origin (more than 86%), revealed most events to have occurred within the first month post-Tx. Viral infections were equally distributed after the 30th postoperative day.
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