Clinical Presentation and Determinants of Mortality of Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis in Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Multinational Cohort Study.

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serval:BIB_1B4EB884FDE3
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
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Publications
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Title
Clinical Presentation and Determinants of Mortality of Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis in Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Multinational Cohort Study.
Journal
American journal of transplantation
Author(s)
López-Medrano F., Fernández-Ruiz M., Silva J.T., Carver P.L., van Delden C., Merino E., Pérez-Saez M.J., Montero M., Coussement J., de Abreu Mazzolin M., Cervera C., Santos L., Sabé N., Scemla A., Cordero E., Cruzado-Vega L., Martín-Moreno P.L., Len Ó., Rudas E., de León A.P., Arriola M., Lauzurica R., David M., González-Rico C., Henríquez-Palop F., Fortún J., Nucci M., Manuel O., Paño-Pardo J.R., Montejo M., Muñoz P., Sánchez-Sobrino B., Mazuecos A., Pascual J., Horcajada J.P., Lecompte T., Moreno A., Carratalà J., Blanes M., Hernández D., Fariñas M.C., Andrés A., Aguado J.M.
Working group(s)
Spanish Network for Research in Infectious Diseases (REIPI), the Group for the Study of Infection in Transplant Recipients (GESITRA) of the Spanish Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (SEIMC), the Study Group for Infections in Compromised Hosts (ESGICH) of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID), and the Swiss Transplant Cohort Study (STCS)
ISSN
1600-6143 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
1600-6135
Publication state
Published
Issued date
11/2016
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
16
Number
11
Pages
3220-3234
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article ; Multicenter Study
Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
The prognostic factors and optimal therapy for invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) after kidney transplantation (KT) remain poorly studied. We included in this multinational retrospective study 112 recipients diagnosed with probable (75.0% of cases) or proven (25.0%) IPA between 2000 and 2013. The median interval from transplantation to diagnosis was 230 days. Cough, fever, and expectoration were the most common symptoms at presentation. Bilateral pulmonary involvement was observed in 63.6% of cases. Positivity rates for the galactomannan assay in serum and bronchoalveolar lavage samples were 61.3% and 57.1%, respectively. Aspergillus fumigatus was the most commonly identified species. Six- and 12-week survival rates were 68.8% and 60.7%, respectively, and 22.1% of survivors experienced graft loss. Occurrence of IPA within the first 6 months (hazard ratio [HR]: 2.29; p-value = 0.027) and bilateral involvement at diagnosis (HR: 3.00; p-value = 0.017) were independent predictors for 6-week all-cause mortality, whereas the initial use of a voriconazole-based regimen showed a protective effect (HR: 0.34; p-value = 0.007). The administration of antifungal combination therapy had no apparent impact on outcome. In conclusion, IPA entails a dismal prognosis among KT recipients. Maintaining a low clinical suspicion threshold is key to achieve a prompt diagnosis and to initiate voriconazole therapy.

Keywords
Aspergillus, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Glomerular Filtration Rate, Graft Rejection/etiology, Graft Rejection/mortality, Graft Rejection/pathology, Graft Survival, Humans, International Agencies, Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis/etiology, Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis/mortality, Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis/pathology, Kidney Failure, Chronic/complications, Kidney Failure, Chronic/surgery, Kidney Function Tests, Kidney Transplantation/adverse effects, Kidney Transplantation/mortality, Male, Middle Aged, Postoperative Complications/mortality, Prognosis, Retrospective Studies, Risk Factors, Survival Rate, Transplant Recipients, antibiotic: antifungal, clinical research/practice, complication: infectious, fungal, infection and infectious agents, infectious disease, kidney transplantation/nephrology
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