Epidemiology, risk factors, and association of antifungal prophylaxis on early invasive fungal infection in heart transplant recipients.

Zachary A Yetmar Brian D Lahr Lisa M Brumble Juan Gea-BanaclocheD Eric SteidleySudhir S Kushwaha Elena Beam

Published in: Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society (2021)

RRT and allograft rejection after transplantation are associated with 1-year IFI, and RRT is also associated with invasive mold infection. Antifungal prophylaxis appears to be protective and further study is needed in the heart transplant population.

Keyphrases

risk factors
candida albicans
heart failure
atrial fibrillation
stem cells
kidney transplantation