Guaraldi G, Cocchi S, De Ruvo N, Codeluppi M, Masetti M, Venturelli C, D'Amico R, Pecorari M, Esposito R, Pinna A D
Department of Medical Specialities, Infectious Diseases Clinic, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy.
Transplant Proc. 2004 Mar;36(2):383-5. doi: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2003.12.004.
The objective of this study was to assess the timing, incidence, and outcome of infections in patients with small bowel/multivisceral transplants (SB/MV Tx). A 180-day follow-up was obtained on 13 SB/MV patients transplanted from January 2001 to June 2002. Fifty-six documented infections were observed. By Kaplan-Meier analysis for time to infection, most of which were of bacterial origin (more than 86%), revealed most events to have occurred within the first month post-Tx. Viral infections were equally distributed after the 30th postoperative day.
