Surgical site infection after renal transplantation.

Objective: To identify factors associated with the development of surgical site infection (SSI) among adult patients undergoing renal transplantation

Design: A retrospective cohort study.

Setting: An urban tertiary care center in Baltimore, Maryland, with a well-established renal transplantation program that performs ~200-250 renal transplant procedures annually.

Results: At total of 441 adult patients underwent renal transplantation between January 1, 2010, and December 31, 2011.