Is pre-transplant level of soluble CD30 associated with infection after heart transplantation?
We report for the first time that the high level of sCD30 prior to the HTx may be associated with a higher immunologic ability of the pts and therefore, may have a protective effect in the development of infection post-Tx.
Our data suggest that, in non-neutropenic critically ill patients with no concomitant candidemia and with CVC tips colonized by Candida, antifungal therapy does not seem to have a significant influence on clinical outcome.