Open AccessInfection Risk in the First Year After ABO-incompatible Kidney Transplantation: A Nationwide Prospective Cohort Study
Author(s) -
Cédric Hirzel,
Lea Projer,
Andrew Atkinson,
Bernard Surial,
Nicolas J. Mueller,
Oriol Manuel,
Matteo Mombelli,
Christian van Delden,
Hans H. Hirsch,
Katia Boggian,
Laura N Walti,
Daniel Sidler,
Karine Hadaya,
Michael Dickenmann,
Thomas Müller,
Isabelle Binet,
Déla Golshayan,
Uyen HuynhDo
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/tp.0000000000004109
Subject(s) - medicine , rate ratio , confidence interval , kidney transplantation , cohort , abo blood group system , poisson regression , incidence (geometry) , prospective cohort study , transplantation , cohort study , surgery , population , mathematics , geometry , environmental health
ABO-incompatible (ABOi) kidney transplantation (KT) expands the kidney donor pool and may help to overcome organ shortage. Nonetheless, concerns about infectious complications associated with ABOi-KT have been raised.