Table 3.

Infectious complications in the first year after KT at a patient level.

	Older adults (65+) n=84 n (%)	Younger adults (40–60 years of age) n=82 n (%)	p value
UTI	44 (52.4)	30 (36.6)	0.049
Pneumonia	9 (10.7)	7 (8.5)	0.79
Surgical site infections	11 (13.1)	17 (20.7)	0.30
BSI †	17 (20.2)	10 (12.2)	0.28
Sepsis	8 (9.5)	5 (6.1)	0.57
SSTI	4 (4.7)	9 (11.0)	0.25
C. difficile colitis	7 (8.3)	6 (7.3)	1
CMV viremia	51 (60.7)	34 (41.5)	0.0131
BK viremia	28 (33.3)	23 (28.0)	0.51
BKV nephropathy	1 (3.6)	2 (8.7)

84/91 (92.3%) of the older adults had an infection, versus 82/81 (90.1%) of the younger group. UTI: urinary tract infection; BSI: bloodstream infections; SSTI: skin and soft tissue infection; C. difficile: Clostridium difficile. CMV: cytomegalovirus; BK: BK polyomavirus.

^†The bloodstream infections were all bacteremias; there were no catheter-associated BSIs. There were no episodes of infective endocarditis (IE) or prosthetic joint infection (PJI). NS: not significant.