Health care-related infections in solid organ transplants.
نویسندگان
چکیده
The health care-related infections are well-known in a critical care setting, but reports of those infections in solid organ transplanted patients are scarce. We developed a study of retrospective cohort in a tertiary teaching hospital for 14 months. Eighty-one patients underwent solid organ transplants. The global incidence of health care-related infection was 42.0%. Fifteen percent of the cases were occurrences of surgical site infections, 14.0% pneumonias, 9.0% primary blood stream infections, 4.0% urinary tract infections and 2.0% skin infection. The most prevalent etiologic agents were K. pneumoniae (8.6%), P. aeruginosa (7.4%); A. baumannii (5.0%) and S. aureus (2.5%). Mortality was 18.0%, none of then related to health care infections. The high rate of those infections, mainly surgical site infections, suggests a demand for stricter measures to prevent and control health care-related infections.
منابع مشابه
[Indications and long-term outcomes for solid organ transplant. Quality of life in solid organ transplant recipients].
Organ transplant constitutes one of the most encouraging advances in the history of the medicine. The organ transplants that were a distant challenge in the seventies currently are a routine procedure in the medical practice that has contributed to extending survival and quality of life in the general population. Spain has reached the highest rate for donation and transplants per one million in...
متن کاملInvasive Mold Infections in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
Invasive mold infections represent an increasing source of morbidity and mortality in solid organ transplant recipients. Whereas there is a large literature regarding invasive molds infections in hematopoietic stem cell transplants, data in solid organ transplants are scarcer. In this comprehensive review, we focused on invasive mold infection in the specific population of solid organ transplan...
متن کاملFungal infections in solid-organ transplantation.
Fungal infections following solid-organ transplantation remain a major cause of morbidity and death. Their incidence ranges from 5% among recipients of kidney transplants to as high as 40% among recipients of liver transplants. Species of Candida and Aspergillus account for more than 80% of fungal episodes. Moreover, more than 80% of fungal infections occur within the first 2 months after trans...
متن کاملInsurance Coverage and Heart Transplant Outcomes.
Heart transplantation in the United States has largely been restricted to patients with adequate health insurance coverage to optimize recipient outcomes, particularly in the context of the scarcity of donor organs. Public health insurance programs, such as Medicaid and Medicare, have been instrumental in providing access to heart transplantation and other solid organ transplants for patients u...
متن کاملIntroduction from the Editors
A dvances in solid organ transplantation have led to remarkable outcomes in patients that once had few options for their failing organ systems. Since 1988, it is estimated that more than 634,000 organ transplantations have been performed successfully. Today, more than 265,000 Americans are living with a transplanted organ, and in 2013, 28,954 solid organ transplants were carried out in the Unit...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
عنوان ژورنال:
- The Brazilian journal of infectious diseases : an official publication of the Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases
دوره 11 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2007