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.