Candidiasis in kidney transplant patients

• Published in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical Vol. 30; no. 6; p. 485
• Main Authors: Moysés Neto, M, Costa, R S, Reis, M A, Garcia, T M, Ferraz, A S, Saber, L T, Batista, M E, Muglia, V, Figueiredo, J F
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Portuguese
• Published: Brazil 01.11.1997
• Subjects: Bacterial Infections - epidemiology; Brazil - epidemiology; Candida - isolation & purification; Candidiasis - epidemiology; Candidiasis - microbiology; Cause of Death; Cross Infection - epidemiology; Cross Infection - microbiology; Female; Humans; Kidney Transplantation - mortality; Kidney Transplantation - statistics & numerical data; Male; Prevalence; Retrospective Studies; Time Factors; Brazil

The medical records of 620 patients submitted to renal transplant from February 1968 to February 1995 were surveyed for Candida infection. Of these, 87 presented 107 episodes of candidiasis. In 42.9% the infection appeared up to 6 months after the transplant. The most frequent involved sites were: u...