COVID-19 Infection in Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Single-Center Case Series of 22 Cases From Belgium.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale & objective

The world is facing a global pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Although kidney transplant recipients are at increased risk for viral infections, the impact of their chronic immunosuppressed status on the risk for acquiring coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and disease severity is unknown.

Study design

All cases of COVID-19 infection in our cohort of kidney transplant recipients were prospectively monitored. Clinical features, management, and outcomes were recorded. A standard strategy of immunosuppression minimization was applied: discontinue the antimetabolite drug and reduce trough levels of calcineurin or mammalian target of rapamycin inhibitors. Unless contraindicated, hydroxychloroquine was administe

SUBMITTER: Devresse A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7295531 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul-Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature