Withdrawing mycophenolate mofetil in treating a young kidney transplant recipient with COVID-19 : A case report

RATIONALE: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a novel infectious disease and became a global issue. Treatment of COVID-19 especially in solid organ transplant recipients is empirical and controversial, especially the adjustment of the immunosuppressants.

PATIENT CONCERNS: A 29-year-old kidney transplant recipient with the symptoms of COVID-19 pneumonia.

DIAGNOSES: COVID-19 pneumonia after kidney transplantation.

INTERVENTIONS: He was treated with modified immunosuppressants (unchanged dose of tacrolimus and oral corticosteroids while discontinuing mycophenolate mofetil (MMF)), antibiotics, interferon α-2b inhalation and traditional Chinese medicine.

OUTCOMES: He recovered from COVID-19 pneumonia after 29 days of hospitalization. And the renal function (measured as blood urea nitrogen, serum creatinine, and urine protein) returned to normal.

LESSONS: In certain group of COVID-19 (e.g., mild to moderate cases, young patients without comorbidities), a reduction instead of an overall withdrawal of immunosuppressant in kidney transplant recipients is feasible.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:99

Enthalten in:

Medicine - 99(2020), 24 vom: 12. Juni, Seite e20481

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Chen, Dong [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Bo [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Yan [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Liang [VerfasserIn]
Wei, Lai [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Weijie [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Xinqiang [VerfasserIn]
Tong, Xiaolin [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Zhishui [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Anti-Inflammatory Agents
Antiviral Agents
Case Reports
Drugs, Chinese Herbal
HU9DX48N0T
Immunosuppressive Agents
Interferon alpha-2
Journal Article
Mycophenolic Acid

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Date Completed 22.06.2020

Date Revised 07.12.2022

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1097/MD.0000000000020481

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM311205186