Epidemiology and risk factors associated with Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in kidney transplant recipients after 6-month trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole prophylaxis: A case-control study.
Se Yoon ParkJoo Hee JungHyunwook KwonSung ShinYoung Hoon KimYong-Phil ChongSang-Oh LeeSang-Ho ChoiYang Soo KimJun Hee WooSung Han KimDuck Jong HanPublished in: Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society (2020)
Post-prophylaxis PCP occurred in <2% of KTRs, and about two-thirds of these experienced rejection or CMV infection. These data suggest that at least 6 to 9-month additional chemoprophylaxis may be needed to prevent PCP in KTRs with transplant rejection or CMV infection.