SUMMARY
Kidney transplantation is one of the standard and successful methods of treating chronic renal failure. It allows patients to survive longer and have a better quality of life than hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis. The success of kidney transplantation depends primarily on the length of retention of renal graft function, and despite advances in surgical collection techniques, immunosuppressive regimens, and supportive therapies, many medical aspects remain involved in postoperative complications.

One of the common and dangerous complications after kidney transplantation is sepsis, which, despite intensive clinical and experimental research, is still a serious condition with numerous mortality rates. We define urosepsis as sepsis caused by a serious infection of the urogenital system. The most common sources of septicemia in such patients are the patient's own kidneys and the transplanted kidney. Gram-negative bacteria are involved in more than 70 % of cases. Immunosuppressive treatment has an adverse effect on the onset and course of sepsis. Early diagnosis and causal treatment are the key to the fate of patients as well as to the prevention of graft failure.
Key words: urosepsis, kidney transplantation, transplanted kidney.
Lek Obz, 2021, 70(11): 425-427

Michaela MIHAĽOVÁ 1, Zuzana ŽILINSKÁ 1, Peter CELEC 2, Ján BREZA 1

1 Urologická klinika s Centrom pre transplantácie obličiek LF UK, SZU a UNB, prednosta
Dr.h.c. prof. MUDr. J. Breza, DrSc., MPH, MHA
2 Ústav molekulárnej biomedicíny LF UK v Bratislave, prednosta doc. MUDr. Ing. RNDr. P. Celec, DrSc., MPH

Cite:
MIHAĽOVÁ M., ŽILINSKÁ Z., CELEC P., BREZA J.: Urosepsis after kidney transplantation. Lek Obz, 2021, 70(11): 425-427