• William G Greendyke and Marcus R Pereira.
• Division of Infectious Diseases, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, 622 West 168th Street, Box 82, New York, NY 10032, USA.
• Med. Clin. North Am. 2016 May 1; 100 (3): 587-98.

AbstractInfections remain a major cause of mortality and morbidity after both kidney and liver transplantation, and internists increasingly play a major role in diagnosing and treating these infections. Because of immunosuppression, solid organ transplant recipients do not often demonstrate classic signs and symptoms of infection and have a broader variety of common and opportunistic infections, many of which are generally more difficult to diagnose and treat. Although these patients have many risk factors for infection, a major determinant is the time after transplant as it relates to levels of immunosuppression, healing, and hospital or environmental exposures. Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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