Table 2 Infectious episodes following 217 pancreatic transplants: high probability of other infections in patients with systemic infection
From: Bloodstream infection following 217 consecutive systemic-enteric drained pancreas transplants
COMMON INFECTIONS | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Patients | Patients with sepsis | % of patients with sepsis | % of patients without sepsis | significance | |
CMV infection/disease | 53 | 15 | 28% | 12% | 0.004 |
Intraabdominal infection | 47 | 21 | 45% | 8% | <0.0001 |
HSV I/II, VZV, HHV6 | 33 | 5 | 15% | 16% | 0.8 |
Bloodstream infection | 35 | 35 | 100% | 0% | <0.0001 |
Wound infection | 26 | 12 | 46% | 12% | <0.0001 |
Urinary tract infection | 22 | 9 | 41% | 13% | 0.003 |
Respiratory tract infection | 9 | 3 | 33% | 15% | 0.2 |
RARE INFECTIONS | |||||
Filamentous fungal infection | 5 | 4 | |||
Superficial Candidiasis | 2 | 0 | |||
PTLD | 2 | 0 | |||
Endocarditis | 1 | 1 | |||
Osteomyelitis | 1 | 0 | |||
Gastric ulcer | 1 | 0 | |||
Colitis (C. difficile/Rotavirus) | 1 | 1 | |||
Polyoma Virus nephritis | 1 | 0 | |||