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Comparative risk of bloodstream infection in organ transplant recipients
K McClean1, N Kneteman, G Taylor
1Infection Control Unit, Walter Mackenzie Health Sciences Centre, University of Alberta Hospitals, Edmonton, Canada.
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
|September 1, 1994
Abstract:
To determine relative rates and sources of nosocomial bloodstream infection in solid organ transplant recipients, concurrently collected data on 277 consecutive patients were reviewed. Twenty-eight patients developed 40 infections. Liver recipients experienced a higher rate (28%) than either kidney (5%) or heart, heart-lung (10%). Primary infections (60% overall) caused by gram-positive bacteria (59% overall) predominated at all three sites.