Table 2.
Number and Incidence of Infections by Type Within Kidney Transplant Patients During the First and Second Year Following Transplantation.
| First year No. of infections (incidence per 100 patient-years) |
Second year No. of infections (incidence per 100 patient-years) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Overall infection | 75 (52.8) | 27 (36.2) |
| Bacterial infections | ||
| Urinary tract | 37 (26.1) | 14 (10.0) |
| Skin/soft tissue | 9 (6.3) | 2 (1.4) |
| Bacteremia | 7 (4.9) | 4 (2.9) |
| Colitis (Clostridium difficile) | 5 (3.5) | 0 (0.0) |
| Pneumonia | 4 (2.8) | 3 (2.1) |
| Bone/joint | 2 (1.4) | 1 (0.7) |
| Cholecystitis | 0 (0.0) | 2 (1.4) |
| Viral infections | ||
| CMV | 9 (6.3) | 2 (1.4) |
| BK viremia | 3 (2.1) | 0 (0.0) |
| BK nephropathy | 1 (0.7) | 0 (0.0) |
| PTLD | 1 (0.7) | 0 (0.0) |
| HCV | 1 (0.7) | 0 (0.0) |
| Gastroenteritis | 1 (0.7) | 0 (0.0) |
| HMPV | 1 (0.7) | 0 (0.0) |
| JC viremia | 1 (0.7) | 0 (0.0) |
Note. First year, n = 142; second year, n = 140 (excluded 2 deaths in the first year). CMV = cytomegalovirus; PTLD = post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease; HCV = hepatitis C virus; HMPV = human metapneumovirus.