Gram-negative bacteria were responsible for 72.2% of the infection episodes and 26 (36.6%) patients had polymicrobial (more than one infectious agent) infections.
Gram-negative bacteria were responsible for more than half of the episodes of infection; 207 (38%) patients had polymicrobial (>1 infectious agent) infections.
Healing is also slowed by malnourishment, drugs that suppress the immune system, some topical agents, infection, and even stress hormones, released when pain is inadequately controlled.
"In the midst of the development of modern antibacterial agents, infection has flourished with a vigor that rivals the days of Semmelweis," Dr. Sol Haberman, director (until his death last April) of the microbiology laboratories at Baylor University Medical Center.
To assess associations between FeLV and other infectious agents, infection frequencies were compared using the Fisher's exact test (GraphPad Prism version 3.00 for Windows, GraphPad Software, San Diego, USA).
Although rejection rates have significantly decreased with the introduction of newer immunosuppressive agents, infections remain a major cause of morbidity and mortality, and the magnitude of the problem is on the rise.
Other contributing factors apart from allograft dysfunction include the type of immunosuppression (i.e. mycophenolatemofetil, azathioprine, sirolimus and evorolimus), antiviral agents, infections, chronic iron deficiency and use of hypotensive agents, such as angiotensin system blockers [ 10].
