FONTSERÈ , Sara

Urinary tract infection remains a major problem in kidney recipients because of the related high incidence and the economical costs. Most of the last studies keep on showing that most symptomatic events and asymptomatic bacteriuria have no influence on the graft survival, mortality, rejection, renal function, or any other adverse outcomes when...

This study aims to define the epidemiologic, clinical, and microbiological features of asymptomatic bacteriuria (AB) and cystitis in kidney transplantation recipients (KTRs), and to determine the impact of antimicrobial therapy of AB and the risk factors of cystitis. We conducted a prospective observational study of AB and cystitis in KTRs from...