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Forty-two received a graft from a live donor and 10 from a deceased donor. There were 22 female and 30 male patients, aged 11-47 years. Microscopic examinations, leukocyte esterase stick, and urinary culture were performed every third day and weekly after hospitalization. A positive culture was consider when patients presented bacterial counts up to 10<jats:sup>5<\/jats:sup> counts.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>UTI developed in 19\/52 (37%) patients at 3-75 days (mean 19.5 days after transplantation. Recurrent infection was observed in 7\/52 (13.4%) patients at days 17-65. UTI was more frequent in patients who received deceased grafts compared with live grafts (7\/10, 70% <jats:italic>vs<\/jats:italic>. 12\/42, 28%; p &lt; 0.007). Female patients were more susceptible than male (11\/22, 50% <jats:italic>vs<\/jats:italic>. 8\/22, 36.35%; p &lt; 0.042). Five-year survival rate was 94.5% (49\/52 patients). Kidney Graft exit update is 47\/52 (90.2%), and there were no significant differences between graft rejection and UTI (p = 0.2518). Isolated bacteria were <jats:italic>Escherichia coli<\/jats:italic> (31.5%), <jats:italic>Candida albicans<\/jats:italic> (21.0%) and <jats:italic>Enterococcus<\/jats:italic> spp. (10.5%), followed by <jats:italic>Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Morganella<\/jats:italic>\n              <jats:italic>morganii, Enterobacter cloacae<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>Micrococcus<\/jats:italic> spp. Secondary infections were produced by (7\/19, 36.8%). <jats:italic>Enterococcus<\/jats:italic> spp. (57%), <jats:italic>E. coli<\/jats:italic> (28%) and <jats:italic>Micrococcus<\/jats:italic> spp. (14.2%). Antibiotic resistance was 22% for ciprofloxacin and 33% for ampicillin. Therapeutic alternatives were aztreonam, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, netilmicin and fosfomycin.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>Surveillance of UTI for the first 3 months is a good option for improving quality of life of kidney transplantation patients and the exit of graft function especially for female patients and those receiving deceased grafts. Antibiograms provided a good therapeutic alternative to patients who presented with UTIs after receiving a kidney allograft.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/1471-2334-10-245","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2010,8,19]],"date-time":"2010-08-19T20:15:54Z","timestamp":1282248954000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":62,"title":["Prospective study of urinary tract infection surveillance after kidney transplantation"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"10","author":[{"given":"Roberto","family":"Rivera-Sanchez","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Dolores","family":"Delgado-Ochoa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Rocio R","family":"Flores-Paz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Elvia E","family":"Garc\u00eda-Jim\u00e9nez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ramon","family":"Espinosa-Hern\u00e1ndez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Andres A","family":"Bazan-Borges","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Myriam","family":"Arriaga-Alba","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2010,8,19]]},"reference":[{"issue":"5","key":"1225_CR1","first-page":"2767","volume":"27","author":"E Ahamad","year":"1995","unstructured":"Ahamad E, Malek Hosseini SA, Salahi H, Javid R, Ghaharamani N, Nezakatgoo N: Experience with 300 renal transplant in Shiraz, Iran. 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