Hypoalbuminemia is a risk factor for invasive fungal infections and poor outcomes in infected kidney transplant recipients.
Angelie SantosMargaret R JorgensonFauzia OsmanAniruddha SrivastavaElizabeth Ann MischNeetika GargFahad AzizKurtis J SwansonMaha A MohamedArjang DjamaliDidier A MandelbrotSandesh ParajuliPublished in: Clinical transplantation (2023)
Hypoalbuminemia precedes the diagnosis of IFI in KTRs, and is associated with poor outcomes following IFI. Hypoalbuminemia may be a useful predictor of IFI in KTRs and could be incorporated into screening algorithms.