Bronchial Culture Growth From the Donor and Recipient as Predictive Factors in the Detection of Primary Graft Dysfunction and Pneumonia After Lung Transplant.

Objectives: In this study, our aim was to investigate whether bacterial culture growth from donors and recipients is related to early posttransplant complications and to analyze its role in primary graft dysfunction and posttransplant pneumonia in lung transplant recipients.

Materials And Methods: This retrospective cohort study included patients diagnosed with end-stage lung disease who received a lung transplant for treatment. We examined relationships between donor bronchial lavage, pretransplant recipient sputum, and recipient posttransplant serial bronchial lavage culture results, as well as the development of both primary graft dysfunction and pneumonia after lung transplant during the early posttransplant period.