Abstract | INTRODUCTION: MATERIALS AND METHODS: All children with kidney transplantation from 1992 to 2008 who were under regular follow-up were included in this retrospective study. Confirmed episodes of UTI after the 1st month of kidney transplantation were reviewed. RESULTS: Of the 216 patients younger than 19 years at the time of transplantation, 138 were included. The mean age at the time of kidney transplantation was 13.6 ± 3.5 years. Urinary tract infection was documented in 24 patients (15 girls and 9 boys), of whom 12 experienced 1 episode, 4 had 2 episodes, and 8 had more than 2 episodes, during a median follow-up period of 54 months. Of the patients with UTI, 14 (58%) had urinary reflux-obstruction disorders as the primary kidney disease, 6 (25%) had suffered hereditary diseases, 3 (12.5%) had glomerular disease, and 1 (4.5%) had a urinary calculus. Occurrence of UTI was not significantly different among children with different primary kidney disease (P = .22). Despite using prophylactic antibiotics after the 1st month of kidney transplantation in all 5 patients with neurogenic bladder, they all experienced recurrent UTI. CONCLUSIONS:
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Authors | Mohammad Kazem Fallahzadeh, Mohammad Hossein Fallahzadeh, Ali Derakhshan, Mitra Basiratnia, Ghamar Hoseini Al-Hashemi, Mohammad Amin Fallahzadeh, Donya Mahdavi, Seyed Ali Malek-Hosseini |
Journal | Iranian journal of kidney diseases
(Iran J Kidney Dis)
Vol. 5
Issue 6
Pg. 416-9
(Nov 2011)
ISSN: 1735-8604 [Electronic] Iran |
PMID | 22057075
(Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Adolescent
- Age Distribution
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Humans
- Incidence
- Iran
(epidemiology)
- Kidney Diseases
(surgery)
- Kidney Transplantation
- Male
- Postoperative Complications
- Prognosis
- Retrospective Studies
- Sex Distribution
- Urinary Tract Infections
(epidemiology)
- Young Adult
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