Pre-Transplant Peripheral Lymphocyte Subsets Predict Pneumonia After Renal Transplantation

22 March 2022 : Original article

Quan Zhuang^12ADEG*, Min Yang^1BCE, Shu Liu^12BCF, Meng Yu^1BC, Jie Jiang^1BF, Bo Peng

^12DF, Yingzi Ming^12AEF

DOI: 10.12659/AOT.934773

Ann Transplant 2022; 27:e934773

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Table 1 Inclusion and exclusion criteria for renal allograft recipients.

Inclusion	Exclusion
Aged 18–65 years old	Re-transplantation or multiple-organ transplants
Followed up regularly in our center at least one year post KTx	Onset pneumonia less than 3 months after operation
Immunosuppressant strategy was CNI+MMF+PRED	HIV, HBV or HCV infected patients
	Early postoperative graft failure or death without evidence of pneumonia
	Lack of clinical or PLS data before operation
CNI – tacrolimus or cyclosporine; MMF – mycophenolate mofetil; PRED – prednisone.

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