Infectious complications present major challenges to physicians caring for renal transplant
recipients. The high rate of infection reflects the net state of immunosuppression associated …

Post–kidney transplant infection is the most common life-threatening complication of long-
term immunosuppressive therapy. Optimal immunosuppression, in which a balance is …

Renal transplant recipients are susceptible to infection by a wide array of pathogens.
Impaired inflammatory responses due to immunosuppressive therapies suppress clinical …

Infections are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in kidney transplant recipients. To
some extent, these may be preventable. Careful pretransplant screening, immunization, and …

Renal transplantation is now considered the treatment of choice for patients with end-stage
renal disease. In transplant recipients, infection and rejection are entwined and are …

The optimal approach to infection in recipients of kidney transplants is prevention; failing
prevention, prompt and aggressive diagnosis and therapy are essential. The sources of …

Since the inception of renal transplantation in the early 1960s, infectious diseases have
been a constant yet evolving problem. The changing patterns of infectious disease …

Despite dramatic Improvements in patient and renal allograft survival, infections continue to
be an important cause of post-transplantation morbidity and mortality. Most serious …

Discussion DR. ROBERT H. RuBIN (Chief, Infectious Disease for Trans-plantation; Director,
Clinical Investigation Program, Massachusetts General Hospital; and Associate Professor of …

Despite increasingly refined preventive methods, infections remain a major source of
morbidity after kidney transplant. Currently, donor screening processes for infection are …