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CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION
Volume 16, Issue 9, Pages 1375-1377Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2010.03143.x
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Lymphocyte count; Pneumocystis jirovecii; prophylaxis; renal transplantation
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P>A case-control study was conducted to identify risk factors for Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PCP) in renal transplant recipients. Eleven cases of PCP were matched with 22 controls. Cases occurred a median of 18 months after transplantation, and none of the recipients was receiving prophylaxis. Univariate analysis showed that graft rejection, duration of steroid use, use of mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitors and lymphocytopenia at the time of prophylaxis discontinuation were risk factors for PCP. In the multivariate model, only graft rejection (OR 8.66, p 0.017) remained significantly associated with PCP. In patients with a history of graft rejection, PCP prophylaxis should be maintained, especially among those with lymphocytopenia.
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