AUTHOR=Tamzali Y. , Scemla A. , Bonduelle T. , Garandeau C. , Gilbert M. , Randhawa S. , De Nattes T. , Hachad H. , Pourcher V. , Taupin P. , Kaminski H. , Hazzan M. , Moal V. , Matignon M. , Fihman V. , Levi C. , Le Quintrec M. , Chemouny J. M. , Rondeau E. , Bertrand D. , Thervet E. , Tezenas Du Montcel S. , Savoye E. , Barrou B. , Kamar N. , Tourret J. TITLE=Specificities of Meningitis and Meningo-Encephalitis After Kidney Transplantation: A French Retrospective Cohort Study JOURNAL=Transplant International VOLUME=36 YEAR=2023 URL=https://www.frontierspartnerships.org/journals/transplant-international/articles/10.3389/ti.2023.10765 DOI=10.3389/ti.2023.10765 ISSN=1432-2277 ABSTRACT=
Kidney transplant recipients develop atypical infections in their epidemiology, presentation and outcome. Among these, meningitis and meningoencephalitis require urgent and adapted anti-infectious therapy, but published data is scarce in KTRs. The aim of this study was to describe their epidemiology, presentation and outcome, in order to improve their diagnostic and management. We performed a retrospective, multicentric cohort study in 15 French hospitals that included all 199 cases of M/ME in KTRs between 2007 and 2018 (0.9 case per 1,000 KTRs annually). Epidemiology was different from that in the general population: 20% were due to