COVID-19 and kidney transplant recipients.

Transplant Infectious Disease : an Official Journal of the Transplantation Society
Sara AbolghasemiMana Baziboroun

Abstract

The novel coronavirus has become a global threat and healthcare concern. The manifestations of COVID-19 pneumonia in transplant patients are not well understood and may have more severe symptoms, longer duration, and a worse prognosis than in immunocompetent populations. This study proposed to evaluate the clinical characteristics of COVID-19 pneumonia in kidney transplant recipients. Clinical records, laboratory results, radiological characteristics, and clinical outcome of 24 kidney transplant patients with COVID-19 pneumonia were evaluated from March 20, 2020, to May 20, 2020. The most common symptom was shortness of breath (70.8%), followed by fever (62.5%) and cough (45.8%). Five patients had leukopenia, and only one patient had leukocytosis, while 75% of the patients had a white blood cell (WBC) count in the normal range, and 79% of recipients developed lymphopenia. All of the patients had an elevated concentration of C-reactive protein and an increase in blood urea levels. Chest CT images of 23 patients (95.8%) showed typical findings of patchy ground-glass shadows in the lungs. Of the 24 patients, 12 were admitted to ICU (invasive care unit), and ten of 24 patients (41.6%) died, and 14 patients were discharged after com...Continue Reading

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Feb 13, 2021·Transplantation Proceedings·Anna HardestyDimitrios Farmakiotis
Mar 27, 2021·CEN Case Reports·Hormat RahimzadehEnsieh Sadat Mansouri
Aug 14, 2021·Journal of Medical Virology·Gulay YilmazCakir Ulkem
Aug 26, 2021·Clinical Case Reports·Sara AbolghasemiAtousa Hakamifard

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