Table 1.
Attack rate of Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) in transplant recipients. Adapted from Rodriguez et al. [31].
| Organ Transplanted | Patients not Receiving Prophylaxis | Patients Receiving Prophylaxis * | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attack Rate (%) | Reference | Attack Rate (%) | Reference | |
| Kidney | 0.6–14 | [30,32,33,34] | 0.4–2.2 a | [16,24,25,27] |
| Liver | 3–11 | [35,36,37] | 1.1–3.7 | [16,25,27,38] |
| Heart | 2–41 | [30,39,40,41] | 2–5.1 | [16,27] |
| Heart–lung/lung | 6.5–43 | [39,42] | 5–5.8 | [16,25] |
* Early post-transplantation prophylaxis given for 6 months to 1 year. a Data from the study from Radisic et al. [43] has not been included (Attack rate: 5.4%) because of a preponderance of patients that had failed primary TMP-SMX prophylaxis.