Nosocomial Outbreak of COVID-19 from a Kidney Transplant Patient: Necessity of a Longer Isolation Period in Immunocompromised Patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Determination of the release from isolation for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in immunocompromised patients who need additional hospitalization for treatment of non-COVID-19 related disease is important to prevent nosocomial transmission. However, there is insufficient evidence for an extended isolation period.

Materials and methods

In September 2021, when the Delta variant was dominant, a nosocomial outbreak of COVID-19 occurred in the nephrology ward of a tertiary hospital in Gwangju, Korea. We conducted epidemiological investigations and whole-genome sequencing (WGS) of this virus.

Results

A man who underwent kidney transplantation was admitted to our hospital for the treatment of acute kidney injury. He was diagnosed with asymptomatic COVID-19 inf

SUBMITTER: Kim CS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10079446 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature