TABLE 1

Characteristics of Study Population

ParameterValue
No. of patients13
Sex
 Male6
 Female7
Age (y)56.9 (range, 43.3–60.9)
Cause of kidney transplantation
 Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease4/13
 Glomerulonephritis2/13
 Cystic kidney degeneration1/13
 Diabetic nephropathy1/13
 IgA nephropathy1/13
 Acute kidney injury1/13
 Congenital kidney hypoplasia1/13
 Nephrosclerosis1/13
 Refluxnephropathy with recurrent UTI1/13
Transplantation details
 Living donor transplantation7/13
 Second transplantation3/13
Time after transplantation (y)6.2 (3.3–9.5)
Laboratory values during infection
 Serum leukocytes (103/μL)8.4 (5.9–11.6)
 Serum CRP (mg/L)48.6 (5.2–116.9)
 Serum creatinine (μmol/L)253 (187–359)
 eGFR (mL/min/1.73m2)22.0 (14.5–28.0)
 Urine leukocytes (cells/μL)29 (8–864)
Laboratory values after therapy
 Serum leukocytes (103/μL)8.7 (4.7–10.9)
 Serum CRP (mg/L)5.7 (1.6–39.5)
 Serum creatinine (μmol/L)204 (160–335)
 eGFR (mL/min/1.73m2)23.0 (15.0–35.0)
 Urine leukocytes (cells/μL)9 (1–540)
  • Values are median with IQR in parentheses.