ALB and infection: Gender (P=0.006), infection sites (P=0.001), interval from diagnosis to transplantation > 180 days (P=0.001), renal replacement therapy (P=0.018), mechanical ventilation (P=0.001), septic shock (P=0.000), platelet count < 20 × 109/L (P=0.004), albumin < 30 g/L (P=0.008), total bilirubin > 34.2 μmol/L (P=0.007) and procalcitonin > 5 μg/L (P=0.001) at the beginning of infection were significantly different between the two groups in univariate analysis.