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Volume 354:2726-2727 June 22, 2006 Number 25
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Pregnancy in Recipients of Solid-Organ Transplants

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by McKay, D. B.
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To the Editor: The review by McKay and Josephson (March 23 issue)1 covers most of the critical issues involved in pregnancy in recipients of solid-organ transplants. However, the rates of infections and their related complications are also high among these patients.2 Urinary tract infections are the most common bacterial infections and occur in up to 40 percent of pregnant transplant recipients, particularly in patients in whom end-stage renal disease develops after pyelonephritis. It is suggested that pregnant transplant recipients should have monthly screening urine cultures if asymptomatic bacteriuria is present3 and should be treated for two weeks if an infection . . . [Full Text of this Article]



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