Prognostic impact of preoperative respiratory colonization on early-onset pneumonia after lung transplantation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The number of lung transplantation procedures is rapidly increasing worldwide. Little is known about the effect of perioperative respiratory microbial colonization on pneumonia during lung transplantation. We evaluated the microbiome composition and incidence of early pneumonia in patients undergoing lung transplantation. We investigated factors related to post-transplant pneumonia (PTP) after lung transplantation.

Methods

A retrospective analysis of patients subjected to lung transplantation between May 2013 and December 2019 was performed. Perioperative microbial colonization, and its relationship with early pneumonia, were examined in specimens from bronchial washing, bronchoalveolar lavage, and sputum aspiration before and after surgery. One-year mortality, as

SUBMITTER: Kim T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9264098 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature