SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Infections among Vaccinated Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients: Outcomes and Comparison to Delta Variant.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Infections with B.1.1.529 (Omicron) variants of SARS-CoV-2 became predominant worldwide since late 2021, replacing the previously dominant B.1.617.2 variant (Delta). While those variants are highly transmissible and can evade vaccine protection, population studies suggested that outcomes from infection with Omicron variants are better compared with Delta. Data regarding prognosis of maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients infected with Omicron versus Delta variants, however, are scarce.

Methods

This retrospective cohort study includes all patients with end-stage kidney disease treated with MHD in Meir Medical Center, Kfar-Saba, Israel, that were diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2 infection between June 2021 and May 2022.

Results

Twenty-six subjects were diagnosed wi

SUBMITTER: Wand O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11397406 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature