Analysis of risk factors for early urinary tract infection after kidney transplantation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Urinary tract infection (UTI) is the most common kind of infection in the early stage after kidney transplantation. Although many studies have investigated the risk factors for UTI following kidney transplantation, few studies have focused on the risk factors for UTI in the early stage after transplantation.

Methods

The early-stage data of patients who underwent kidney transplantation between January 2018 and December 2019 in a first-class tertiary hospital in Suzhou, China, were retrospectively analyzed. The general and UTI information of the recipients was subjected to univariate analysis. Variables with statistical significance in the univariate analysis were included in a multivariate logistic regression model.

Results

A total of 129 recipients were rec

SUBMITTER: Ma ZZ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7658162 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature