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ArticleWiener klinische Wochenschrift2014

Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) and Pneumocystis jirovecii carriage in renal transplantation patients: a single-centre experience.

Matthias Maruschke, Diana Riebold, Martha Charlotte Holtfreter, Martina Sombetzki, Steffen Mitzner, Micha Loebermann, Emil Christian Reisinger, Oliver W Hakenberg

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Article in Wiener klinische Wochenschrift, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Matthias MaruschkeDepartment of Urology, University of Rostock Medical School, Rostock, Germany.
Diana Riebold
Martha Charlotte Holtfreter
Martina Sombetzki
Steffen Mitzner
Micha Loebermann
Emil Christian Reisinger
Oliver W Hakenberg
University of Rostock · DE

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Abstract

backgroundThe Pneumocystis pneumonia is an increasing problem in transplanted patients: up to 25% suffer from Pneumocystis pneumonia, occurring during the first 6 months after transplantation.

methodsFrom 2001 to 2009, we investigated 21 patients with pneumonia after renal transplantation for the presence of Pneumocystis jirovecii. The laboratory diagnosis was established by Grocott and Giemsa staining methods and Pneumocystis-specific mitochondrial transcribed large subunit nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The PCR was also used for the differentiation of Pneumocystis pneumonia from Pneumocystis carriage.

resultsOf 21 patients, 7 had a Pneumocystis pneumonia, 6 were Pneumocystis carriers and 8 patients were negative. Four out of seven Pneumocystis pneumonia patients and two out of six patients with Pneumocystis carriage had a delayed graft function. An acute cytomegalovirus infection after transplantation was not detectable in the patients with Pneumocystis pneumonia, but in three patients with Pneumocystis carriage.

conclusionsPneumocystis pneumonia was present in 33.3% of transplanted patients with suspected pneumonia. An association between acute rejection or co-infections and Pneumocystis pneumonia or carriage in patients after renal transplantation cannot be excluded. In three out of seven Pneumocystis pneumonia patients, an overlapping of hospitalisation times and an onset of Pneumocystis pneumonia 6 months after transplantation was found. Thus, person-to-person transmission seems probable in these cases.

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FemaleGermanyHumansKidney TransplantationMaleMiddle AgedPneumocystis cariniiPneumonia, PneumocystisRetrospective StudiesTreatment Outcome

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