“…Based on a review of the previous literature (6)(7)(8) and the status of our transplantation center, our research group decided that 20 factors might be associated with early UTI after kidney transplantation: sex, age, body mass index (BMI), history of diabetes, history of hypertension, history of hepatitis B, duration between primary disease and transplantation, average preoperative daily urine volume, preoperative dialysis, immune induction plan, immune suppression plan, duration of surgery, cold ischemia time, warm ischemia time, postoperative ureteral stent (double-J stent, D-J stent) placement time, postoperative urethral catheter placement time, postoperative acute rejection reaction, delayed graft function (DGF), duration of postoperative preventive antibacterial medication use, and duration of postoperative hospital stay. We designed the "Early UTI registration form for recipients after kidney transplantation" using the above factors as independent variables and whether UTI occurred as the dependent variable and collected the data of kidney transplant recipients.…”