Natural history and prognostic factors of candidemia in kidney transplant recipients: A retrospective, multinational study.

Paula Massaroni Pietrobom Vanessa Souza Santos TrudaMario Fernández-RuizManuel García GutiérrezTeresa Cristina T SukiennikDaniel Wagner De C L SantosMaricela ValerioFrancesca GioiaIsabel Rodríguez-GoncerDaniele Roberto Giacobbe Patricia MuñozMarina MachadoMatteo BassettiPatricia MuñozJosé María AguadoHelio Tedesco-SilvaArnaldo Lopes Colombo

Published in: Mycoses (2023)

Candidemia in KTR is usually documented late after engraftment in patients requiring HD, surgical procedures and dysbiosis secondary to antibiotic use. Mortality was higher in Brazil. Echinocandin therapy was associated with improved survival.

Keyphrases

prognostic factors
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
risk factors
cardiovascular disease
patient reported outcomes