Do Infectious Diseases After Kidney Retransplantation Differ From Those After First Kidney Transplantation?

• Published in: Open forum infectious diseases Vol. 11; no. 3; p. ofae055
• Main Authors: Kusejko, Katharina, Neofytos, Dionysios, van Delden, Christian, Hirsch, Hans H, Meylan, Pascal, Boggian, Katia, Hirzel, Cedric, Garzoni, Christian, Sidler, Daniel, Schnyder, Aurelia, Schaub, Stefan, Golshayan, Déla, Haidar, Fadi, Bonani, Marco, Kouyos, Roger D, Mueller, Nicolas J, Schreiber, Peter W
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: US Oxford University Press 01.03.2024
• Subjects: infections; organ allocation; kidney retransplantation

Abstract Background Infectious diseases (IDs) are highly relevant after solid organ transplantation in terms of morbidity and mortality, being among the most common causes of death. Patients undergoing kidney retransplantation (re-K-Tx) have been already receiving immunosuppressive therapy over a pr...