Epidemiology of Pneumocystis Pneumonia in Kidney Transplant Recipients

This retrospective study included 2,330 patients who received kidney transplantation at Asan Medical Center between March 2009 and February 2017. Of these, 59 patients were diagnosed with PCP. Nine patients were excluded; eight underwent simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation, and one was under the age of 16. As a result, 50 patients were included for analysis (Fig. 1). Later, we retrospectively reviewed medical records and radiographs of the patients. Collected patient information included demographics, PCP prophylaxis, kidney donation type, operation type (living vs. deceased), acute rejection, and time from symptom onset to hospital admission. Clinical data such as laboratory results were also collected, including white blood cell count and total lymphocyte count (TLC), and the presence of combined infection, such as BK virus and CMV. The institutional review board of Asan Medical Center approved the conduction of this study (no.2020 − 0737).
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Patients enrolled in this study