Infectious Complications After A Liver Transplant

Liver transplantation is a life-extending procedure for patients with end-stage liver disease (ESLD), post-transplant infections continue to be leading cause of morbidity and mortality. Infection risk varies over time, issues most commonly related transplant surgery nosocomial in the early period. Because increased burden immunosuppression, opportunistic become more common between 1 12 months post-transplant. As immunosuppression reduced after months, decreases. Recipients are still vulnerable community-acquired infections, recurrent cholangitis may an issue those chronic allograft dysfunction or cholestatic disease. This article will go strategy dealing infectious complications early, intermediate, late stages following transplantation, focus on as well emerging concern