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Novel coronavirus (SARS‐CoV‐2) infection in a renal transplant recipient: Case report
- Source :
- American Journal of Transplantation
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- John Wiley and Sons Inc., 2020.
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Abstract
- An ongoing outbreak of pneumonia associated with the severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) started in Wuhan, China, with cases now confirmed in multiple countries. The clinical course of patients remains to be fully characterized, clinical presentation ranges from asymptomatic infection to acute respiratory distress syndrome and acute renal failure, and no pharmacological therapies of proven efficacy yet exist. We report a case of SARS-CoV-2 infection in a renal transplant recipient with excellent outcome. This case states the importance of close monitoring of the concentration of cyclosporine in patients treated with lopinavir/ritonavir; the routine treatment of corticosteroid can be continued. This is a rare report of SARS-CoV-2 infection in a renal transplant recipient. Further data are needed to achieve better understanding of the impact of immunosuppressive therapy on the clinical presentation, severity, and outcome of SARS-CoV-2 infections in solid organ transplant recipients.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
infectious disease
Case Report
immunosuppressive regimens‐maintenance
kidney transplantation/nephrology
Case Reports
030230 surgery
medicine.disease_cause
clinical research/practice
Asymptomatic
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Internal medicine
medicine
Immunology and Allergy
infection and infectious agents‐viral
Pharmacology (medical)
Respiratory system
Kidney transplantation
Coronavirus
Transplantation
business.industry
Outbreak
virus diseases
Lopinavir
medicine.disease
clinical decision‐making
Infectious disease (medical specialty)
Ritonavir
medicine.symptom
business
medicine.drug
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 16006143 and 16006135
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- American Journal of Transplantation
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....cfcf5966222f9d3b8a9c5575354b5dd2