After renal transplant, what is the most common oppounistic infection?
About 50% of all renal transplant recipients presents with fever 1-4 months after transplantation have evidence of CMV disease; CMV present as ahralgias, myalgias, or organ-specific symptoms. During this period, this infection may represent primary disease (in the case of a seronegative recipient of a kidney from a seropositive donor) or may represent reactivation disease or superinfection. Patients may have atypical lymphocytosis. Rx- Ganciclovir (or valganciclovir) is beneficial for prophylaxis (when indicated) and for the treatment of serious CMV disease. Oppounistic infection in renal transplantation < 1 month Surgical site infection (SSI) with MRSA 1-6 months Pneumocystis jiroveci Cytomegalovirus (CMV){M/C} Hep B and C > 6 months Aspergillus Nocardia Bk virus(polyoma virus)
Varicella Zoster virus
Cytomegalovirus
Ebstein Barr virus
Coxsackie virus
NEET Jan 2020