COVID-19 in a Kidney Transplant Patient

Abstract

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Impact of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on surgical practice - Part 2 (surgical prioritisation)

“…Similar findings were reported in two larger case series [33,34]. In contrast, Wang et al [32] successfully treated a patient without altering immunosuppressive therapy.…”

“…There are a limited number of case reports relating to the effects of COVID-19 on renal transplant patients [30][31][32][33][34]. Guillen et al [30] report a case of a 50-year-old male who had undergone renal transplantation in 2016.…”

Clinical Course, Imaging Features, and Outcomes of COVID-19 in Kidney Transplant Recipients

“…In solid organ transplant recipients, the clinical presentation, imaging findings, laboratory data, and outcomes may differ from those for other adults and vary among patients. On initial presentation, just one of our 12 cases had gastrointestinal symptoms; the most typical presentation was cough and fever, as for other adults [9,10]. Guillen et al [11] reported on a patient with a history of third kidney transplant who presented with vomiting and fever as a first symptom and was finally diagnosed with COVID-19 on follow-up.…”

COVID‐19 in an HIV‐positive kidney transplant recipient

“…There have been reported cases of COVID-19 in HIV-infected patients and cases of COVID-19 in transplant recipients. [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] However, this case is the first detailed report of an HIV-positive kidney transplant recipient who developed and recovered from COVID-19.…”