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Pseudomonas aeruginosa colonization of the allograft after lung transplantation and the risk of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome

Lookup NU author(s): Phil Botha, Dr Rachel Anderson, Dr James Lordan, Professor John Dark, Katherine Gould, Professor Andrew FisherORCiD

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Abstract

Long-term survival after lung transplantation remains limited by the development of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS). Allograft colonization with Pseudomonas aeruginosa is common particularly in recipients with BOS, but a possible etiological relationship remains unexplored. In 155 consecutive lung transplants, the development of allograft colonization with Pseudomonas was strongly associated with the development of BOS within 2 years of transplant (23.4% vs. 7.7% in those colonized and not colonized, respectively, P=0.006). Freedom from BOS was significantly shorter in those patients without any pretransplant bacterial reservoir developing de novo allograft pseudomonal colonization as compared with those remaining free of colonization (Kaplan-Meier log-rank P=0.014). The isolation of Pseudomonas preceded the diagnosis of BOS in 14 of 18 (78%) and by a median of 204 days (95% confidence interval 115-492) in patients developing both these complications. We conclude that de novo colonization of the lung allograft by Pseudomonas is strongly associated with the subsequent development of BOS. © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc.


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Author(s): Botha P, Archer L, Anderson RL, Lordan JL, Dark JH, Corris PA, Gould KA, Fisher AJ

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Transplantation

Year: 2008

Volume: 85

Issue: 5

Pages: 771-774

ISSN (print): 0041-1337

ISSN (electronic): 1534-0608

Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/TP.0b013e31816651de

DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e31816651de

PubMed id: 18337673


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