TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Infections and Malignancies A1 - Volpacchio, Mariano M A1 - D’Agostino, Catherine A A1 - Bakken, Sofia A1 - Palestro, Christopher J A1 - Warshawsky, Robin J A1 - Grimaldi, Gregory M A1 - Pellerito, John S A1 - Molmenti, Ernesto P A2 - Molmenti, Ernesto Pompeo Y1 - 2023 N1 - T2 - Molmenti’s Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation: Operative Techniques and Medical Management, 2e AB - Transplant patients (mostly due to their immunosuppression) are susceptible to a wide spectrum of both local and systemic infectious complicationsIn the first postoperative month, like in the nonimmunosuppressed postoperative population, there is a predominance of nosocomial infectionsOpportunistic infections usually occur during the second to the sixth months after transplantation, when immunosuppression levels are highAlthough imaging findings may at times be suggestive of certain diagnoses, there is considerable overlap and biopsies are necessary until proven otherwise SN - PB - McGraw Hill CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1194190219 ER -