SARS-CoV-2 Infection and CMV Dissemination in Transplant Recipients as a Treatment for Chagas Cardiomyopathy : A Case Report

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). COVID-19 has infected over 90 million people worldwide, therefore it is considered a pandemic. SARS-CoV-2 infection can lead to severe pneumonia, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), septic shock, and/or organ failure. Individuals receiving a heart transplantation (HT) may be at higher risk of adverse outcomes attributable to COVID-19 due to immunosuppressives, as well as concomitant infections that may also influence the prognoses. Herein, we describe the first report of two cases of HT recipients with concomitant infections by SARS-CoV-2, Trypanosoma cruzi, and cytomegalovirus (CMV) dissemination, from the first day of hospitalization due to COVID-19 in the intensive care unit (ICU) until the death of the patients.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:6

Enthalten in:

Tropical medicine and infectious disease - 6(2021), 1 vom: 10. Feb.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Gozzi-Silva, Sarah Cristina [VerfasserIn]
Benard, Gil [VerfasserIn]
Alberca, Ricardo Wesley [VerfasserIn]
Yendo, Tatiana Mina [VerfasserIn]
Teixeira, Franciane Mouradian Emidio [VerfasserIn]
Oliveira, Luana de Mendonça [VerfasserIn]
Beserra, Danielle Rosa [VerfasserIn]
Pietrobon, Anna Julia [VerfasserIn]
Oliveira, Emily Araujo de [VerfasserIn]
Branco, Anna Cláudia Calvielli Castelo [VerfasserIn]
Andrade, Milena Mary de Souza [VerfasserIn]
Fernandes, Iara Grigoletto [VerfasserIn]
Pereira, Nátalli Zanete [VerfasserIn]
Ramos, Yasmim Álefe Leuzzi [VerfasserIn]
Lima, Julia Cataldo [VerfasserIn]
Provenci, Bruna [VerfasserIn]
Mangini, Sandrigo [VerfasserIn]
Duarte, Alberto José da Silva [VerfasserIn]
Sato, Maria Notomi [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

CMV
COVID-19
Case Reports
Chagas disease
Heart transplant
Infection
SARS-CoV-2
Severity

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Date Revised 31.03.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/tropicalmed6010022

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM321388380