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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TRANSPLANTATION
Volume 4, Issue 3, Pages 384-389Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2004.00350.x
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acute rejection; bacterial and viral and fungal infections; kidney transplant
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Newer immunosuppressive agents have dramatically reduced the rates of acute graft rejection (AR) over the last decade but may have exacerbated the problem of post-transplant infections (PTI). We analyzed data from the North American Pediatric Renal Transplant Cooperative Study (NAPRTCS) to determine the risks of hospitalization from PTI vs. AR in the years 1987-2000. For patients transplanted in 1987, the AR-associated hospitalization rate exceeded the equivalent hospitalization rate for PTI at both early (1-6 months) and later time points (6-24 months). In contrast, for patients transplanted in the year 2000, the PTI-associated hospitalization rate was twice that for AR-associated hospitalization during each time period. During the first two years post-transplant, rates of AR hospitalization trended significantly downwards (p < 0.001) while rates of PTI-associated hospitalization stayed constant. In the 6-24-month time period post-transplant, the risk of bacterial and viral infectionrelated hospitalization rose significantly from 1987 to 2000 (p < < 0.001 for trend by transplant year). We conclude that the causes of hospitalization at all times up to 24 months post-transplant, including the critical early 6 months, have shifted away from AR to PTI.
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