Blood transfusion and the risk for infections in kidney transplant patients

<h4>Background</h4> Receipt of a red blood cell transfusion (RBCT) post-kidney transplantation may alter immunity which could predispose to subsequent infection. <h4>Methods</h4> We carried out a single-center, retrospective cohort study of 1,258 adult kidney transplant recip...

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Main Authors: David Massicotte-Azarniouch, Manish M. Sood, Dean A. Fergusson, Michaël Chassé, Alan Tinmouth, Greg A. Knoll
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8589196/?tool=EBI