CD4+ T cell lymphopenia predicts mortality from Pneumocystis pneumonia in kidney transplant patients.

Tilo FreiwaldStefan BüttnerNardos T CheruDespina AvaniadiSimon S MartinChristoph StephanRainer U PliquettAida Asbe-VollkopfGundolf SchüttfortVolkmar JacobiEva HerrmannHelmut GeigerIngeborg A Hauser

Published in: Clinical transplantation (2020)

Low CD4+ T cell count in kidney transplant recipients is a biomarker for disease severity and a risk factor for in-hospital mortality following presentation with PcP.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
newly diagnosed
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
risk factors
cardiovascular events
cardiovascular disease
intensive care unit
case report
community acquired pneumonia