Urinary Tract Infections in the First 6 Months after Renal Transplantation

Table 1

Patients’ characteristics.

Pt characteristics	Total	No UTI	UTI
	279	97	182
Age	43.4 ± 15.8	42.1 ± 15.6	45.8 ± 16.0	0.063
Gender
Male	165	128	37	<0.001
	59.10%	70.30%	38.10%
Female	114	54	60
	40.90%	29.70%	61.90%
Diabetes mellitus	95	59	36	0.507
	34.10%	32.40%	37.10%
Type I	25	19	6	0.099
	26.60%	32.80%	16.70%
Type II	69	39	30
	73.40%	67.20%	83.30%
Donor type
Deceased	55	34	21	0.636
	19.70%	18.70%	21.60%
Living	224	148	76
	80.30%	81.30%	78.40%
Transplant abroad	21	9	12	0.032
	7.50%	4.90%	12.40%
Pretransplant residual urine volume
24-hour urine volume
Anuria	68	45	23	0.805
	24.40%	24.70%	23.70%
Oliguria	41	29	12
	14.70%	15.90%	12.40%
Normal	62	38	24
	22.20%	20.90%	24.70%
Preexisting urological abnormalities
Treated urethral stricture	11	9	2	0.340
	3.90%	4.90%	2.10%
Vesicoureteral reflux ( VUR)	7	3	4	0.242
	2.50%	1.60%	4.10%
Neurogenic bladder	10	3	7	0.023
	3.60%	1.60%	7.20%
Foley catheter
Foley catheter removal time	5.8 ± 2.0	5.7 ± 1.9	6.1 ± 2.3	0.120
Foley catheter reinsertion	6	3	3	0.668
	2.20%	1.70%	3.10%
Serum creatinine in mmol/L
At 1 month	103.7 ± 47.2	105.1 ± 49.1	101.0 ± 43.5	0.493
At 6 months	99.0 ± 34.0	100.4 ± 34.9	96.4 ± 32.4	0.352
Immunosuppression status
Induction therapy
Basiliximab	107	72	35	0.607
	38.40%	39.60%	36.10%
Thymoglobulin (ATG)	172	110	62
	61.60%	60.40%	63.90%
Rejection within 6 months	22	14	8	1
	7.90%	7.70%	8.20%
Detected polyoma viremia	19	14	5	0.467
	6.80%	7.70%	5.20%
UTI antibiotic prophylaxis
TMP/SMX double strength + norfloxacin	70	49	21	0.385
	25.10%	26.90%	21.60%
TMP/SMX single strength	209	133	76
	74.90%	73.10%	78.40%
Stent removal time (days)
Stent removal time (days)	35.3 ± 28.0	34.2 ± 28.7	37.3 ± 26.8	0.376
Urgent stent removal due to non-UTI reasons
Stent migration to urethra	6	5	1	<0.011
	2.1%	1.8%	0.30%
Postrenal transplant surgical complications
Urine leak	3	1	2	0.554
	1.10%	0.50%	2.10%
Ureteral stenosis	6	3	3	0.668
	2.20%	1.60%	3.10%

Continuous data were reported as (mean ± SD), and categorical data were reported as numbers and percentages. ^†Detected polyoma viremia >50 copies/ml.