Infections after kidney transplantation: A comparison of mTOR-Is and CNIs as basic immunosuppressants. A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Sebastian WolfMichael LausekerTobias SchiergensUlrich WirthMoritz DrefsBernhard RenzMartin RyllJulian BucherJens WernerMarkus GubaJoachim Andrassy

Published in: Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society (2020)

Following renal transplantation the incidence of infections is lower when mTOR-Is are combined with a CNI compared to a standard CNI therapy. Pneumonia occurs more often under mTOR-I w/o CNI.

Keyphrases

cell proliferation
risk factors
bone marrow
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
community acquired pneumonia