What are the symptoms of lung infection after kidney transplantation?

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Pulmonary infection is a common symptom, especially after kidney transplantation and the elderly and their patients with diabetes. Often bring physical harm to patients, but also lead to emotional instability. How to treat the patients with pulmonary infection after kidney transplantation? Now let's talk about the symptoms of lung infection after kidney transplantation?

What are the symptoms of lung infection after kidney transplantation?

Fever may be present, but generally no more than 39 degrees. If the fever reaches 40 degrees continuously, it indicates that the infection is serious or accompanied by other pathogenic bacteria. Clinical diagnosis can be made according to fever, cough with purulent sputum, lung signs and chest X-ray. Sputum culture can provide reference for the selection of antibiotics. According to the hospital infection during hospitalization and the so-called community infection outside hospital, there is a difference in the choice of antibiotic treatment.

Gram positive cocci were more common in patients with out of hospital infection. Penicillin antibiotics were the first choice, and cephalosporins with inhibitory effect on Gram negative bacteria were also used. Further treatment should be adjusted according to the clinical response and "sputum culture results and drug sensitivity test"

In hospital infection, gram negative bacilli were the main pathogens, and cephalosporins (such as Cefradine, ceftriaxone) or quinolones were the first choice.

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Patients should have a deeper understanding of the treatment. Then, in such cases, we should keep calm, and then take reasonable methods for treatment. The pulmonary infection after kidney transplantation is different from other common pulmonary infections, so we should be cautious in the treatment.