Dengue fever in renal transplant patients: a systematic review of literature
| Autor: | Jean Ansbel Patrick, Mohammed Hussain Rezvi Sheriff, Ranga Migara Weerakkody |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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0301 basic medicine
Nephrology myalgia Graft Rejection Male medicine.medical_specialty medicine.medical_treatment 030106 microbiology Population 030230 surgery Dengue fever Dengue 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Postoperative Complications Risk Factors Internal medicine medicine Prevalence Humans education Kidney transplantation education.field_of_study business.industry Immunosuppression Acute Kidney Injury Middle Aged medicine.disease Kidney Transplantation Tacrolimus Transplantation Survival Rate surgical procedures operative Renal transplant Female Graft failure medicine.symptom business Research Article |
| Zdroj: | BMC Nephrology |
| ISSN: | 1471-2369 |
| Popis: | Background Dengue fever in renal transplanted patients has not been studied well, and we review all the literature about episodes dengue fever in renal transplant patients. Methods The aim was to describe clinico-pathological characteristics, immunosuppressive protocols, need renal outcome and mortality. PubMed, LILACS, Google Scholar and Research Gate were searched for “Dengue” and “Renal/Kidney Transplantation” with no date limits. Hits were analyzed by two researchers separately. Results Fever, myalgia, arthralgia and headache was significantly lower than normal population, while pleural effusions and ascites were observed more. Incidence of severe dengue is significantly higher among transplant patients in this review, as well as they had a significantly higher mortality (8.9% vs 3.7%, p = 0.031). Age, period after transplantation and immunosuppressive profile had no effect on disease severity, mortality or graft out come. Presence of new bleeding complications and ascites was associated with more severe disease (p |
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