Acne in transplantation patients

Abstract

For transplant specialists, the main preoccupation during the first year after transplantation is graft rejection. Then chronic pathologies are dominated by infections and cancer prevention. As the survival of organ transplanted patients improves, prevalence of secondary complications such as mucocutaneous pathologies increases. The two main skin complications, infection and tumoral skin diseases, are induced by chronic immunosuppression. Acne is a common side effect which touches 20-25 % of transplant recipients. It is directly related to pharmacological properties of immunosuppressive drugs.