Late surgical site infections among solid organ transplant recipients: an unrecognized clinical entity

Manuela Carugati; Sana Arif; Debra Lynn Sudan; Bradley Henry Collins; John Carroll Haney; Jacob Niall Schroder; John Michael Reynolds; Sarah Lewis Stamps; Michael E Yarrington; Rachel A Miller; Barbara D Alexander

doi:10.1017/ice.2024.90

Late surgical site infections among solid organ transplant recipients: an unrecognized clinical entity

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2024 May 24;45(10):1-5. doi: 10.1017/ice.2024.90. Online ahead of print.

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University, Durham, USA.
² Department of Surgery, Division of Abdominal Transplant Surgery, Duke University, Durham, USA.
³ Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Duke University, Durham, USA.
⁴ Department of Medicine, Transplant Pulmonology, Duke University, Durham, USA.

Abstract

This study identified 26 late invasive primary surgical site infection (IP-SSI) within 4-12 months of transplantation among 2073 SOT recipients at Duke University Hospital over the period 2015-2019. Thoracic organ transplants accounted for 25 late IP-SSI. Surveillance for late IP-SSI should be maintained for at least one year following transplant.