Incidence of and risk factors for cryptococcosis in kidney transplant recipients in Taiwan —A nationwide population-based study

Since the first documented kidney transplantation in the 1950s, advances in organ preservation, surgery, and immunosuppression have improved transplant success rates and long-term graft survival greatly (Linden, 2009). Kidney transplantation has become the favored treatment for end-stage kidney disease; indeed more than 73,000 kidney transplants were performed in 2010 alone according to the Global Observatory on Donation and Transplantation (Grinyo, 2013). Despite refinements in immunosuppressive regimens, diagnostic tools, and treatments, posttransplantation infection remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality in kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) (Karuthu and Blumberg, 2012).
Source: International Journal of Infectious Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Source Type: research