Incidence and risk factors for mucormycosis in renal transplant patients.
Melissa Rachel DowneyVarsha TaskarDaniel F LinderStephanie L BaerJennifer L WallerWendy B BollagMufaddal KhedaAzeem MohammedSandeep PadalaPublished in: Journal of investigative medicine : the official publication of the American Federation for Clinical Research (2021)
In renal transplant patients, age, deceased donor graft transplant, tacrolimus administration, race other than white, and Hispanic ethnicity were associated with increased risk of mucormycosis. Unexpectedly, iron overload was protective. Mucormycosis is a rare infection in renal transplant patients which should be considered in patients with the above risk factors after more common infections have been ruled out.