Bacterial complications of transplantation: diagnosis and treatment

The Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
J P Donnelly

Abstract

Bacterial complications develop mainly after transplantation during the period before engraftment takes place. Wound infections, urinary tract infection and pneumonia are the commonest complications of solid organ transplantation and generally involve Gram-negative bacilli and Staphylococcus aureus. However, Gram-positive cocci will predominate when selective oral antimicrobial prophylaxis is given as is frequently the case in bone marrow transplant recipients. Oromucositis, induced by total body irradiation or anthracyclines, result in more bacteraemia due to oral viridans streptococci. The use of central intravenous catheters leads to an increase in bacteraemia and infection due to coagulase-negative staphylococci. Patients requiring intensive care are also at risk of nosocomial infections including legionellosis. Once engraftment has occurred, there is much less risk of bacterial infection but patients remain vulnerable to the intracellular pathogens Listeria monocytogenes, non-typhoid salmonellae, Norcardia spp. and mycobacteria for as long as they require immunosuppression. Any rejection crisis must be treated aggressively with high-dose steroids or other agents which further undermine an already fragile immunity. In bone ...Continue Reading

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