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Invasive fungal infections in renal transplant recipients: Epidemiology and risk factors

dc.contributor.buuauthorŞahin, Sezin Zorlu
dc.contributor.buuauthorAkalın, Halis
dc.contributor.buuauthorErsoy, Alparslan
dc.contributor.buuauthorYıldız, Abdulmecit
dc.contributor.buuauthorOcakoğlu, Gökhan
dc.contributor.buuauthorÇetinoğlu, Ezgi Demirdöven
dc.contributor.buuauthorDizdar, Oğuzhan Sıtkı
dc.contributor.buuauthorKazak, Esra
dc.contributor.buuauthorEner, Beyza
dc.contributor.departmentTıp Fakültesi
dc.contributor.departmentTıp Fakültesi
dc.contributor.departmentTıp Fakültesi
dc.contributor.departmentTıp Fakültesi
dc.contributor.departmentİç Hastalıkları Ana Bilim Dalı
dc.contributor.departmentGöğüs Hastalıkları Ana Bilim Dalı
dc.contributor.departmentMikrobiyoloji ve Enfeksiyon Hastalıkları Ana Bilim Dalı
dc.contributor.departmentBiyoistatistik Ana Bilim Dalı
dc.contributor.departmentNefroloji Ana Bilim Dalı
dc.contributor.orcid0000-0002-4803-8206
dc.contributor.orcid0000-0002-0710-0923
dc.contributor.researcheridAAG-8459-2021
dc.contributor.researcheridAAG-8523-2021
dc.contributor.researcheridAAH-5180-2021
dc.contributor.researcheridAAH-5054-2021
dc.contributor.researcheridAAU-8952-2020
dc.contributor.scopusid56537830100
dc.contributor.scopusid57207553671
dc.contributor.scopusid35612977100
dc.contributor.scopusid56256977500
dc.contributor.scopusid15832295800
dc.contributor.scopusid57189524206
dc.contributor.scopusid55202193000
dc.contributor.scopusid24921238200
dc.contributor.scopusid15053025300
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-14T08:26:38Z
dc.date.available2022-06-14T08:26:38Z
dc.date.issued2015-08
dc.description.abstractInvasive fungal infections are a major cause of morbidity and mortality among renal transplant recipients. The aim of this study was to investigate the frequency and risk factors for fungal infections in renal transplant recipients. We retrospectively evaluated all kidney transplant recipients at our center from December 1988 to June 2010 for the epidemiology, spectrum, risk factors, and mortality of invasive fungal infections. In 32 patients (10.30 %), at least one fungal infection developed after the transplantation. The most common pathogens causing fungal infections in our patients were Candida spp. and Aspergillus spp. The independent risk factors associated with invasive fungal infection episodes were antibiotic treatment within the last 3 months (OR 15.88, 95 % CI 3.90-64.73, p < 0.001), cytomegalovirus infection (OR 18.54, 95 % CI 9.01-38.17, p < 0.001), and the presence of diabetes mellitus (OR 6.01, 95 % CI 2.95-12.25, p < 0.001). Mortality was significantly higher among patients with fungal infections than among other patients (53.10 and 17.80 %, respectively; p < 0.001). It is difficult to diagnose and treat fungal infections early, and it can be useful to determine independent risk factors in order to identify and treat high-risk patients.
dc.identifier.citationŞahin, S. Z. vd. (2015). "Invasive fungal infections in renal transplant recipients: Epidemiology and risk factors". Mycopathologia, 180(1-2), 43-50.
dc.identifier.endpage50
dc.identifier.issn0301-486X
dc.identifier.issue1-2
dc.identifier.pubmed25739669
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84937513709
dc.identifier.startpage43
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s11046-015-9875-4
dc.identifier.urihttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11046-015-9875-4
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11452/27142
dc.identifier.volume180
dc.identifier.wos000358164600006
dc.indexed.wosSCIE
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.relation.journalMycopathologia
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subjectCandida infections
dc.subjectFungal infection
dc.subjectInvasive aspergillosis
dc.subjectKidney transplantation
dc.subjectCryptococcus-neoformans
dc.subjectCandida-albicans
dc.subjectAspergillosis
dc.subjectCalcineurin
dc.subjectGalactomannan
dc.subjectMortality
dc.subjectComplications
dc.subjectZygomycosis
dc.subjectVirulence
dc.subjectMycology
dc.subjectAspergillus
dc.subjectCandida
dc.subjectCytomegalovirus
dc.subject.emtreeAntiinfective agent
dc.subject.emtreeAdolescent
dc.subject.emtreeAdult
dc.subject.emtreeAged
dc.subject.emtreeClassification
dc.subject.emtreeComplication
dc.subject.emtreeCytomegalovirus infection
dc.subject.emtreeDiabetes mellitus
dc.subject.emtreeFemale
dc.subject.emtreeFungemia
dc.subject.emtreeFungus
dc.subject.emtreeGraft recipient
dc.subject.emtreeHuman
dc.subject.emtreeIsolation and purification
dc.subject.emtreeKidney transplantation
dc.subject.emtreeMale
dc.subject.emtreeMicrobiology
dc.subject.emtreeMiddle aged
dc.subject.emtreeRetrospective study
dc.subject.emtreeRisk factor
dc.subject.emtreeSurvival
dc.subject.emtreeYoung adult
dc.subject.meshAdolescent
dc.subject.meshAdult
dc.subject.meshAged
dc.subject.meshAnti-bacterial agents
dc.subject.meshCytomegalovirus infections
dc.subject.meshDiabetes complications
dc.subject.meshFemale
dc.subject.meshFungemia
dc.subject.meshFungi
dc.subject.meshHumans
dc.subject.meshKidney transplantation
dc.subject.meshMale
dc.subject.meshMiddle aged
dc.subject.meshRetrospective studies
dc.subject.meshRisk factors
dc.subject.meshSurvival analysis
dc.subject.meshTransplant recipients
dc.subject.meshYoung adult
dc.subject.scopusSystemic Mycosis; Aspergillosis; Transplant Recipients
dc.subject.wosMycology
dc.titleInvasive fungal infections in renal transplant recipients: Epidemiology and risk factors
dc.typeArticle
dc.wos.quartileQ3
dspace.entity.typePublication
local.contributor.departmentTıp Fakültesi/Mikrobiyoloji ve Enfeksiyon Hastalıkları Ana Bilim Dalı
local.contributor.departmentTıp Fakültesi/İç Hastalıkları Ana Bilim Dalı/Nefroloji Ana Bilim Dalı
local.contributor.departmentTıp Fakültesi/Biyoistatistik Ana Bilim Dalı
local.contributor.departmentTıp Fakültesi/Göğüs Hastalıkları Ana Bilim Dalı
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