Epidemiology and Outcomes of Early-Onset and Late-Onset Adenovirus Infections in Kidney Transplant Recipients

Open Forum Infectious Diseases
Jackrapong BruminhentSiriorn P Watcharananan

Abstract

Adenovirus (ADV) infection after kidney transplantation (KT) causes significant morbidity. Patient characteristics and outcomes of ADV infection in KT recipients were investigated. All adult KT recipients with ADV infection between January 2015 and June 2019 were included. ADV infection/disease was defined as detection of ADV DNA in clinical specimens/plus symptoms. Clinical and laboratory findings, treatments, and outcomes were assessed. Adenovirus infection was diagnosed in 24 of 751 (3.2%) KT recipients. Twenty (83%) were male with a median age of 47 years (interquartile range [IQR], 36-58). Fifteen (63%) underwent deceased donor KT, and 13 (54%) received induction therapy. Twenty-one (88%) and 4 (17%) patients developed hemorrhagic cystitis and disseminated disease, respectively. There were equal distributions of early-onset (EOI) (≤3 months) and late-onset (LOI) (>3 months) infections. Patients who were diagnosed with EOI had lower median absolute lymphocyte counts compared with those with LOI (735/mm3 [IQR, 543-1123] vs 1122/mm3 [IQR, 784-1344], P = .04). All achieved resolution after reduction of their immunosuppression regimen and 13 (54%) received cidofovir therapy. Eighteen (75%) developed allograft dysfunction, of wh...Continue Reading

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Sep 19, 2020·Transplant Infectious Disease : an Official Journal of the Transplantation Society·Megumi WatanabeKunihiro Yamagata

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