Tomasz Królicki, Klaudia Bardowska, Tobiasz Kudla, Anna Królicka, Krzysztof Letachowicz, Oktawia Mazanowska, Wojciech Krajewski, Paweł Poznański, Magdalena Krajewska, Dorota Kamińska
Acute kidney injury (AKI) in kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) is a common, yet poorly investigated, complication of urinary tract infections (UTI) and urosepsis. A retrospective comparative analysis was performed, recruiting 101 KTRs with urosepsis, 100 KTRs with UTI, and 100 KTRs without history of UTI or sepsis. The incidences of AKI in the urosepsis and UTI groups were 75.2% and 41%, respectively. The urosepsis group has also presented with a significantly higher prevalence of AKI stage 2 and 3 than the UTI group...
June 27, 2022: Scientific Reports