Study of Pulmonary Infections (Pneumonia) in Kidney Transplant Recipients Admitted to Hospital

Study of Pulmonary Infections (Pneumonia) in Kidney Transplant Recipients Admitted to Hospital

The investigators aimed to identify prognosis factors associated with in-hospital complications and assess the epidemiology, management, and outcomes of community-acquired pneumonia in a kidney transplant recipients' cohort. The investigators intend to identify each stay by a national database. Then they will be consulted by 2 clinicians to assert CAP clinical definition. After that radiographic evidence will be reviewed to validate CAP diagnoses. Then clinical data are collected in each center.

Inclusion Criteria:

• kidney transplant recipients
• at least 18 years
• admitted to hospital for CAP. Non-inclusion criteria were:

Exclusion Criteria:

• incomplete CAP definition
• hospital-acquired pneumonia
• another diagnosis explaining the symptoms
• patients with non-functional kidney graft