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The timely management including prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of such infectious complications is vital to prevent significant morbidity and mortality in solid organ transplant recipients and allograft dysfunction. LTRs are inundated with microbes that may be recognized as commensals in hosts with intact immune systems. Bacterial infections are the most common ones, followed by viral pathogens. Indications of a brewing infectious process may be subtle. Hence, the importance of adapting vigilance around isolated hints through symptomatology and signs is pivotal. Signals to suggest an infectious process, such as fever and leukocytosis, may be dampened by immunosuppressive agents. One must also be vigilant about drug interactions of antibiotics and immunosuppressive agents. Treatment of infections can become challenging, as antimicrobials can interact with immunosuppressive agents, and antimicrobial resistance can surge under antimicrobial pressure. Transplant infectious disease physicians work in concert with transplant teams to obtain specimens for diagnostic testing and follow through with source control when possible. This heavily impacts medical decisions and fosters a multidisciplinary approach in management. Furthermore, the reduction of immunosuppression, although it augments the risk of allograft rejection, is as crucial as the initiation of appropriate antimicrobials when it comes to the management of infections.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm13010011","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,12,19]],"date-time":"2023-12-19T04:18:37Z","timestamp":1702959517000},"page":"11","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Prevention and Management of Infections in Lung Transplant Recipients"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Anum","family":"Fayyaz","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Miami Transplant Institute, Jackson Health System, Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mohammed","family":"Raja","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Miami Transplant Institute, Jackson Health System, Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4938-125X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yoichiro","family":"Natori","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Miami Transplant Institute, Jackson Health System, Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,12,19]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"544","DOI":"10.1055\/s-2006-954612","article-title":"Infections after lung transplantation","volume":"27","author":"Avery","year":"2006","journal-title":"Semin. 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