Progress in Diagnosis and Treatment of Fungal Infection after Kidney Transplantation
QIAO Peng-fei1, SUN Xu-yong2*
(1.Guilin Medical College, Guilin Guangxi; 2. Institute of Transplantation Medicine, 923 Hospital of the People’s Liberation Army, Nanning Guangxi)
ABSTRACT: Kidney transplantation is an effective means of treating end-stage kidney disease. With the extensive use of various immunosuppressive agents and broad-spectrum antibiotics, fungal infection has become an increasingly prominent problem in complications after kidney transplantation.Now it has become one of the important reasons for the loss of function of the transplanted kidney and patient death. This article reviews the progress in the pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of fungal infections. KEY WORDS: Kidney transplantation;Invasive fungal disease;Interaction of therapeutic drugs