Frequency of XXXX in renal transplant recipients and effect on graft function.

@entity1 @entity8 @entity2526 @entity281 @entity813 @entity293 @entity526
OBJECTIVE: To determine the risk factors of @entity293 in renal transplant recipients and its effect on graft function among transplanted @entity1 visiting the outpatients department of Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation. METHODS: This cohort study was conducted at Transplantation department, Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation Karachi. The period of the study enrollment extended from April 2008 to September 2008 included were two hundred adult live related renal transplant recipients who were enrolled during the initial post transplant period and followed up for one year. Analysis was done by using SPSS ver 10.0. The level of significance was taken as 0.05. Student's t test and chi square test were used to compare the variables in both groups. RESULTS: The mean age of the @entity1 was 30 +/- 10 years. Sixty six (33%) renal transplant recipients had at least one episode of @entity293 which occurred in 51 (77%) @entity1 during the first two months after renal transplant and 8 (12%) @entity1 had recurrence of @entity281 . Gram negative bacilli were the principally isolated agents. @entity526 was found in 34 (51%) @entity1 and Pseudomonas in 12 (18%). @entity8 , @entity2526 , delays in Foleys removal, and post operation hospital stay were statistically significant risk factors for @entity293 in the @entity1 . Twenty three recipients of the study developed early @entity813 due to @entity293 . No graft was lost in either groups. CONCLUSION: @entity2526 , @entity8 , delay in removal of Foley's catheter and increased post transplant hospital stay are risk factors leading to UTI in renal transplant recipients.
