more episodes of BK viraemia, all without nephropathy and all with complete resolution. Post-transplant diabetes mellitus (PTDM): One patient had pre-existing T2DM and one developed insulin requiring PTDM 1 month post-transplant. At two years she has an HbA1c of 5.8% off all hypoglycaemic therapy. An additional 7 patients have recorded at least one HbA1c > 6%; none of these have required hypoglycaemic therapy, though 2 meet the diagnostic criteria for PTDM. The current mean HbA1c of the cohort is 5.6%. Urological: Two patients required re-operation for urinary leak and haematoma. One needed a transurethral resection of prostate for post-operative urinary retention and another with underlying refl ux nephropathy has ongoing problems with distal ureteric stenosis. Haematological: Eight patients recorded brief episodes of neutropaenia (neutrophil count < 1.0x10^9/L). Compared to living related 'compatible' transplants at our institution over the same period (n=100), ABOI transplant patients were more likely to be anaemic at transplant (haemoglobin (Hb) 97.5g/L versus 117g/L, p < 0.05), a difference which became insignifi cant at 1 month. Other: There was one case of pulmonary emboli 10 days post-operatively A sepsis rate of 14% compares favorably with reported rates in ABOI centers. The use of plasma exchange contributes to line sepsis and transient anaemia. Despite this, our results show ABOI Kidney Transplantation (including moderate to high titre) can be performed without excessive immunosupression and with low morbidity.
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