Non-antigen-specific Immunoadsorption Is a Risk Factor for Severe Postoperative Infections in ABO-Incompatible Kidney Transplant Recipients

Copyright © 2024 Matuschik, Seifert, Lammich, Holzner, Tanriver, Fichtner-Feigl, Walz, Schneider and Jänigen..

ABO-incompatible (ABOi) living kidney transplantation (KTx) is an established procedure to address the demand for kidney transplants with outcomes comparable to ABO-compatible KTx. Desensitization involves the use of immunoadsorption (IA) to eliminate preformed antibodies against the allograft. This monocentric retrospective study compares single-use antigen-selective Glycosorb® ABO columns to reusable non-antigen-specific Immunosorba® immunoglobulin adsorption columns regarding postoperative infectious complications and outcome. It includes all 138 ABOi KTx performed at Freiburg Transplant Center from 2004-2020. We compare 81 patients desensitized using antigen-specific columns (sIA) to 57 patients who received IA using non-antigen-specific columns (nsIA). We describe distribution of infections, mortality and allograft survival in both groups and use Cox proportional hazards regression to test for the association of IA type with severe infections. Desensitization with nsIA tripled the risk of severe postoperative infections (adjusted HR 3.08, 95% CI: 1.3-8.1) compared to sIA. nsIA was associated with significantly more recurring (21.4% vs. 6.2%) and severe infections (28.6% vs. 8.6%), mostly in the form of urosepsis. A significantly higher proportion of patients with sIA suffered from allograft rejection (29.6% vs. 14.0%). However, allograft survival was comparable. nsIA is associated with a two-fold risk of developing a severe postoperative infection after ABOi KTx.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:37

Enthalten in:

Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation - 37(2024) vom: 29., Seite 12263

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Matuschik, Laura [VerfasserIn]
Seifert, Gabriel [VerfasserIn]
Lammich, Katrin [VerfasserIn]
Holzner, Philipp [VerfasserIn]
Tanriver, Yakup [VerfasserIn]
Fichtner-Feigl, Stefan [VerfasserIn]
Walz, Gerd [VerfasserIn]
Schneider, Johanna [VerfasserIn]
Jänigen, Bernd [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

ABO Blood-Group System
ABO-incompatible kidney transplantation
Complications
Immunoadsorption
Infections
Journal Article
Mortality

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Date Completed 01.04.2024

Date Revised 01.04.2024

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3389/ti.2024.12263

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM37040162X