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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-6-8
pubmed:abstractText
A retrospective analysis of 533 patients receiving kidney transplantation was performed to study the incidence of infection in the early postoperative period. Mostly localized in the lungs and renal system, bacterial complications arose in 133 patients. As compared with the unproblematic management of the urinary tract infections, 45 pulmonary infections were characterized by difficulties in diagnosis and treatment. Poor graft function was closely related to pulmonary infections: mean creatinine was 2.4 mg% (in patients without pneumonia - 1.5 mg%). Out of 45 patients with pneumonia, the graft failed in 16 patients. 6 patients died as a result of pneumonia. Rapid detection of the pathogenic organism is required, if necessary by invasive diagnosis. The administration of erythromycin before identification of the responsible pathogen may be indicated, in view of the fatal outcome in several patients subsequently diagnosed as having Legionella infection.
pubmed:language
ger
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0043-5325
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
31
pubmed:volume
101
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
238-41
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
[Infectious complications in the early phase following kidney transplantation].
pubmed:affiliation
Abteilung für Transplantationschirurgie, I. Universitätsklinik für Chirurgie, Innsbruck.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract