Polymicrobial Infections in the Early Period of Kidney Transplantation in a Case with Wegener’s Granulomatosis

Wegener’s granulomatosis (WG) is a disorder that causes necrotizing granulomatosis vasculitis particularly of the upper respiratory tract, lung and kidney. A 43-year-old male who had been treated with hemodialysis because of renal insufficiency due to WG underwent live donor renal transplantation. Pulmonary infiltrates were detected on the postoperative 4th day and antibiotic therapy was started with a diagnosis of sepsis and pulmonary infection. Dialysis treatment was also started due to the degradation of renal function for the patient who was intubated during follow-up. Non-invasive mechanical ventilation (BiPAP) treatment was started after extubation. The graft and respiratory function improved during clinical follow-up. Resistant hospital infections, causing respiratory failure and systemic complications, were facilitated by a long history of hospitalization before transplantation, the presence of WG and immunosupression and were successfully treated with a multidisciplinary approach.a