Infection in Organ Transplant Patients in the Critical Care Unit

Solidorgan transplant (SOT) recipientsmay require intensive care unit (ICU)admissions for different reasons in different moments of their evolution, and infection is the most important one. Between 5% and 50% of transplantation candidates must await transplantation in an ICU and, after the procedure, most of them spend a mean of four to seven days there for life support (1-6). If the ICU stay is prolonged due to postsurgical complications, theprobabilityof acquiringanosocomial infection increases significantly.