The long-term impact of bloodstream infections on patient and graft survival following kidney transplantation.

Background: There are limited data on the impact of bloodstream infections (BSI) following kidney transplantation (KT) on long term patient outcome.

Methods: This was a retrospective parallel-cohort study. We included 123 consecutive KT recipients who were admitted with a first episode of BSI between January 2007 and December, 2016.