ArticleKidney international reports2020
Serum Albumin Level Before Kidney Transplant Predicts Post-transplant BK and Possibly Cytomegalovirus Infection.
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- Prediction models for infection after kidney transplantation: a systematic review.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Perioperative biomarkers and graft function in living donor kidney transplantation: focus on postoperative prognostic nutritional index.BMC nephrology · 2026Article
- The Predictive Value of Nomogram Model Based on Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio (NLR) and Prothrombin Time-International Normalized Ratio (PT-INR)-to-Albumin Ratio (PTAR) for Early Bacterial Intra-Abdominal Infection After Orthotopic Liver Transplantation.Journal of inflammation research · 2026Article
- Prediction model for cytomegalovirus infection following hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in patients with β-thalassemia major.SAGE open medicine · 2025Article
- Pre-Transplant Hypoalbuminemia Is Not Associated With Early Key Outcomes Among Simultaneous Pancreas and Kidney Transplant Recipients.Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation · 2025Article
- BK polyomavirus infection: more than 50 years and still a threat to kidney transplant recipients.Frontiers in transplantation · 2024Review
- The role of metagenomic next-generation sequencing in diagnosing and managing post-kidney transplantation infections.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2024Review
- Platelet-to-Albumin Ratio: The Prognostic Utility in the Prediction of 2-Month Postoperative Heart Transplant Complications.Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2023Article
- Application of metagenomic next-generation sequencing in the diagnosis and treatment of recurrent urinary tract infection in kidney transplant recipients.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing Reveals the Profile of Viral Infections in Kidney Transplant Recipients During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Dynamic risk prediction of BK polyomavirus reactivation after renal transplantation.Frontiers in immunology · 2022Article
- Cytomegalovirus Disease in Renal Transplanted Patients: Prevalence, Determining Factors, and Influence on Graft and Patients Outcomes.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
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Abstract
introductionOpportunistic viral infections cause extensive morbidity and mortality in kidney transplant recipients (KTRs). Low serum albumin levels before and after transplant have been associated with negative outcomes. However, it is uncertain whether serum albumin levels before transplantation are associated with the risk for post-transplantation opportunistic BK polyomavirus (BKV) or cytomegalovirus (CMV).
methodsWe reviewed all KTRs transplanted at our institution between 1 January 2005 and 31 December 2015 with serum albumin measured within 45 days before transplantation in a retrospective observational cohort study. Selected patients were stratified into 3 groups: normal albuminemia (≥3.5 g/dl), moderate hypoalbuminemia (3.49-2.5 g/dl), and severe hypoalbuminemia (<2.5 g/dl). Patients were observed for post-transplantation BKV or CMV according to standard of care.
resultsWe included 1717 patients in this study; 72.3% had normal serum albumin, 26.3% had moderate hypoalbuminemia, and 1.5% had severe hypoalbuminemia. Moderate and severe hypoalbuminemia incurred a higher risk for BKV compared with normal serum albumin levels in univariable analysis (moderate hypoalbuminemia: hazard ratio [HR] = 1.5; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.14-1.90;
conclusionsThese findings suggest that pretransplantation hypoalbuminemia is associated with a higher risk for post-transplantation BKV and possibly CMV. More intense screening is warranted for these viruses in recipients with pretransplant hypoalbuminemia.
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