POS-118 INFECTIONS WITH TUBERCULOSIS AND CYTOMEGALOVIRUS AMONG KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT RECIPIENTS IN A SINGLE CENTRE IN KENYA
S. Kabinga, S. McLigeyo, John N. Ndungu, E. Kibe, D. Otieno
Kidney International Reports · 2022-09
Abstract
The risk of infections in kidney transplant recipients is determined by the interaction between the epidemiological exposures and the net state of patients’ immunosuppression. The infections include Tuberculosis (TB) and Cytomegalovirus (CMV). The diseases can result from reactivations of latent infections or reinfections due to immunosuppressives prescribed after transplant. The current study reported the documented infections with CMV and TB among kidney allograft recipients in the Kenyatta National Hospital in Kenya between 2010 and 2019.
MeSH terms
- Medicine
- Immunosuppression
- Cytomegalovirus
- Tuberculosis
- Kidney transplantation
- Kidney transplant
- Epidemiology
- Immunology
- Kidney
- Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
- Intensive care medicine