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A Complication of Renal Transplantation

Obinna A. Isiadinso, MD

JAMA. 1975;234(8):842-843.

Abstract
Listeria infection is an important cause of sepsis and meningitis in renal transplant patients. Prompt recognition and aggressive therapy are required to control this life-threatening infection. In 1972, one case of listeriosis occurred in a renal transplant recipient in our center; in 1974, six more cases were detected within a period of nine months. All seven patients had Listeria sepsis, and three of the seven patients had both sepsis and meningitis. Antibiotic treatment resulted in remarkable improvement in the clinical state of all the patients in this study. Two patients later died of other unrelated causes.

(JAMA 234:842-843, 1975)

Author Affiliations
From the Rogosin Kidney Center, and the departments of surgery and biochemistry, the New York Hospital-Cornell University Medical Center, New York.

Footnotes
Reprint requests to Division of Hemodialysis, Rogosin Kidney Center, 525 E 68th St, New York, NY 10021 (Dr. Isiadinso).

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