Prevalencia de las infecciones por citomegalovirus en pacientes sometidos a trasplante renal o hepático en el Hospital Luis Vernaza, 2013-2018.

Abstract

Background: According to the National Transplant Organization (ONT), 135,860 is the total number of organs transplanted around the world in 2018, the solid organ with the highest number of transplants is the kidney with 89,823 transplants, followed by the liver with 30,352 transplants. The problem of CMV infection in radical kidney transplants in the number of complications that occur as injector rejection, tubular atrophy in the first three months of transplantation. In patients with liver transplants, the development of a hepatitis that predisposes to infection or reinfection is common. Objective: To determine the prevalence of cytomegalovirus infections in patients with kidney or liver transplantation at the Luis Vernaza Hospital. Methods: A prevalence, observational, descriptive, retrospective study was conducted in which patients were investigated for kidney or liver transplantation at the Luis Vernaza Hospital during from 2013 to 2018. Results: 204 patients were included, only 52 were identified with CMV infections, that is, a prevalence of 25%. Conclusion: CMV infection has an important impact on the prognosis of patients treated with kidney and liver transplantation, it is possible that half of the patients don’t develop symptoms, which makes continuous screening necessary to identify the infection and prevent complications.