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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Dec 21.
Published in final edited form as: Transplant Proc. 1991 Dec;23(6):3010–3015.

Table 5. Infectious Complications During the First 90 Days After Pediatric Liver Transplantation: FK 506 Versus Controls.

FK 506 Control
Total episodes infection 82 100*
Episodes/patients 1.4 2.0
Fatal infections 2 7
Bacterial infections 42 60
 Fatal 0 3
 Bacteremia 13 35
  Line-associated 5 22
  Other source identified 3 9
 Intra-abdominal without bacteremia 7 6
 Wound 4 1
 Other 18 19
Viral Infections 33 32
 Fatal 1 4
 CMV 14 13
 Adenovirus 4 7
 Other 15 12
Fungal 8 10
 Fatal 1 0
*

P = .04 by Student's t test for unequal variances.

P < .08 by Fisher's Exact Test.