One in 10 solid organ transplant recipients develops bacteremia 1 year after transplant

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By Caitlyn Stulpin

Nearly 10% of solid organ transplant recipients may develop bacteremia in the first year after transplant, according to a study published in Open Forum Infectious Diseases.

“There are limited contemporary robust data on the epidemiology of bacteremia during the first fragile year after a solid organ transplantation,” Dionysios Neofytos, MD, specialist in the division of infectious diseases at the University Hospital of Geneva, told Healio. Read more in Healio.

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