Pneumonia in solid organ transplant recipients : a prospective multicenter study

© 2014 John Wiley & Sons A/S. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd..

BACKGROUND: Pneumonia frequently affects solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients, with high morbidity and mortality. However, the few studies on pneumonia in this population are mainly retrospective, single-center, and long-term studies, or include patients with only one type of SOT or a specific etiology. We performed a point prevalence study to investigate epidemiology, diagnosis, therapy, and outcome of pneumonia in an unselected SOT population.

METHODS: Italian and Spanish transplant centers were invited to report on all SOT recipients with pneumonia treated during 2 separate weeks (1 each in February and June 2012).

RESULTS: In total, 35 centers (18 in Italy, 17 in Spain) agreed to participate and collected 54 cases. The incidence of pneumonia was 10.1 episodes/1000 recipients/year. Pneumonia was classified as late (>6 months) in 70.4% of cases. Pneumonia was also classified as community-acquired (CAP), healthcare-associated (HCAP), and hospital-acquired (HAP) pneumonia in 40.7%, 38.9%, and 20.4% of cases, respectively. An attempt to microbiological diagnosis (≥1 sample) was made in 94.4% of patients, with a diagnostic yield of 60.7%. Causative agents included bacteria (87.1%), virus (29%), and fungi (6.4%). A multidrug-resistant bacterium was isolated in 18.2%, 40%, and 100% of patients with CAP, HCAP, and HAP (P = 0.007), respectively. Overall, 11.1% of patients were admitted to the intensive care unit, 3.7% developed graft rejection, and graft function deteriorated in 18.5%. In-hospital mortality was 1.9%.

CONCLUSION: Pneumonia remains a frequent problem in SOT recipients, although it occurs later in patients who are in better physical health. Therefore, harmful pathogens and worse outcome are less common than previously thought.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2014

Erschienen:

2014

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:16

Enthalten in:

Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society - 16(2014), 2 vom: 01. Apr., Seite 232-41

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Giannella, M [VerfasserIn]
Muñoz, P [VerfasserIn]
Alarcón, J M [VerfasserIn]
Mularoni, A [VerfasserIn]
Grossi, P [VerfasserIn]
Bouza, E [VerfasserIn]
PISOT study group [VerfasserIn]
Ranghino, Andrea [Sonstige Person]
Segoloni, Giuseppe [Sonstige Person]
Durante Mangoni, Emanuele [Sonstige Person]
Pinto, Daniela [Sonstige Person]
Utili, Riccardo [Sonstige Person]
Maiello, Ciro [Sonstige Person]
Mularoni, Alessandra [Sonstige Person]
Vizzini, Giovanni [Sonstige Person]
Gandolfini, Ilaria [Sonstige Person]
Maggiore, Umberto [Sonstige Person]
Grossi, Paolo [Sonstige Person]
Dalla Gasperina, Daniella [Sonstige Person]
Lappa, Angela [Sonstige Person]
Musumeci, Francesco [Sonstige Person]
Forni, Alberto [Sonstige Person]
Faggian, Giuseppe [Sonstige Person]
Giaquinta, Alessia [Sonstige Person]
Veroux, Pierfrancesco [Sonstige Person]
Antonelli, Barbara [Sonstige Person]
Rossi, Giorgio [Sonstige Person]
Parisi, Francesco [Sonstige Person]
Alfieri, Sara [Sonstige Person]
Balzano, Emanuele [Sonstige Person]
Filipponi, Franco [Sonstige Person]
Valerio, Francesca [Sonstige Person]
Sandrini, Silvio [Sonstige Person]
Onano, Bruno [Sonstige Person]
Piredda, Gianni [Sonstige Person]
Frascà, Giovanni Maria [Sonstige Person]
Gaffi, Giovanni [Sonstige Person]
Dello Strologo, Luca [Sonstige Person]
Guzzo, Isabella [Sonstige Person]
Berardinelli, Luisa [Sonstige Person]
Pasciucco, Antonio [Sonstige Person]
Bonofiglio, Renzo [Sonstige Person]
Leone, Francesca [Sonstige Person]
Musso, Maria [Sonstige Person]
Petrosillo, Nicola [Sonstige Person]
Lopez Medrano, Francisco [Sonstige Person]
Aguado, Jose Maria [Sonstige Person]
Charo, Lara [Sonstige Person]
de la Torre Cisneros, Julian [Sonstige Person]
Ulica, Irma Hoyo [Sonstige Person]
Moreno Camacho, Asuncion [Sonstige Person]
Fernandez, Nuria Sabe [Sonstige Person]
Carratala, Jordi [Sonstige Person]
Giannella, Maddalena [Sonstige Person]
Eworo, Alia [Sonstige Person]
Valerio, Maricela [Sonstige Person]
Muñoz, Patricia [Sonstige Person]
Bouza, Emilio [Sonstige Person]
Roca, Cristina [Sonstige Person]
Cordero Matia, Maria Elisa [Sonstige Person]
Arribi Vilela, Anna [Sonstige Person]
Picazo de la Garza, Juan Jose [Sonstige Person]
Portilla Sogorb, Joaquin [Sonstige Person]
De Lucas, Esperanza Merino [Sonstige Person]
Munoz Sanz, Augustin [Sonstige Person]
Vera Tome, Araceli [Sonstige Person]
Montejo, Jose Miguel [Sonstige Person]
Gurgui Ferrer, Merce [Sonstige Person]
Mirabet, Sonia [Sonstige Person]
Canas, Laura [Sonstige Person]
Lausturica Valdemoros, Ricardo [Sonstige Person]
Silva, Irene [Sonstige Person]
Guirado, Luis [Sonstige Person]
Meije Castillo, Yolanda [Sonstige Person]
Fortun Abete, Jesus [Sonstige Person]
Diaz Molina, Beatriz [Sonstige Person]
Bernardo Rodriguez, Maria Jose [Sonstige Person]
Farinas, Carmen [Sonstige Person]
Luzano, Felipe [Sonstige Person]
de Valdecilla, Marques [Sonstige Person]

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Themen:

Health care-associated pneumonia
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
Observational Study
Pneumonia
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Solid organ transplantation

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Date Completed 21.01.2015

Date Revised 19.11.2015

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/tid.12193

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM236070398