Clinical characteristics and risk factors for late-onset pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in kidney transplantation recipients

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BACKGROUND: Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP) is a common and troublesome complication of kidney transplantation. In the era of prophylaxis, the peak incidence of PJP after kidney transplantation and specific characteristics of late-onset PJP have always been debated.

METHODS: We performed a retrospective study by analysing the data of post-transplantation pneumonia in adult kidney transplantation recipients between March 2014 and December 2021 in The Affiliated First Hospital of University of Science and Technology of China (USTC). A total of 361 patients were included and divided into early-onset PJP, late-onset PJP and non-PJP groups. The characteristics of each group and related risk factors for the late-onset patients were investigated.

RESULTS: Some patients developed PJP 9 months later with a second higher occurrence between month 10 and 15 after transplantation. Compared with non-PJP, ABO-incompatible and cytomegalovirus (CMV) viremia were significantly associated with late onset of PJP in multivariate analysis. The use of tacrolimus, CMV viremia, elevated CD8(+) T cell percent and hypoalbuminemia were risk factors for late PJP. Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis demonstrated that a combination of those factors could increase the sensitivity of prediction remarkably, with an area under the curve of 0.82, a sensitivity of 80% and a specificity of 83%.

CONCLUSIONS: PJP could occur months after kidney transplantation. ABO-incompatible transplant recipients are at high risk of PJP. In the later stages of transplantation, CMV viremia, T lymphocyte subsets percentage and serum albumin levels should be monitored in patients using tacrolimus.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:67

Enthalten in:

Mycoses - 67(2024), 1 vom: 29. Jan., Seite e13688

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhu, Xiaofeng [VerfasserIn]
Xie, Mengshu [VerfasserIn]
Fan, Jiaqi [VerfasserIn]
Geng, Bei [VerfasserIn]
Fei, Guangru [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Qianqian [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Huimei [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Xuehan [VerfasserIn]
Jiang, Xuqin [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Cytomegalovirus infections
Hypoalbuminemia
Immunosuppression therapy
Journal Article
Kidney transplantation
Pneumonia
Tacrolimus
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Date Completed 15.01.2024

Date Revised 29.01.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/myc.13688

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NLM367048914