Invasive Fungal Disease in Pediatric Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
Author(s) -
Shikha Saxena,
Jerica Gee,
Sarah B. Klieger,
Adriana E. Kajon,
Hans Petersen,
Theoklis E. Zaoutis,
Brian T. Fisher
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of the pediatric infectious diseases society
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.269
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 2048-7207
pISSN - 2048-7193
DOI - 10.1093/jpids/pix041
Subject(s) - medicine , case fatality rate , aspergillosis , incidence (geometry) , cohort , mucormycosis , mortality rate , retrospective cohort study , pediatrics , intensive care medicine , surgery , epidemiology , immunology , physics , optics
Solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients are at risk for invasive fungal disease (IFD). Data on IFD burden in pediatric patients are limited. We aimed to determine the incidence and outcome of IFD in a large cohort of pediatric patients who underwent SOT.
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