Persistent fever after coronavirus disease 2019 in liver/kidney transplant recipient

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In this case, a 64-year-old male with a history of simultaneous orthotopic liver transplant and cadaveric renal transplant presented five years prior presented with persistent fevers two days after a positive SARS-CoV-2 nasal PCR. A CT scan of the chest on hospital day nine revealed innumerable 1-2 mm nodules in a miliary pattern throughout the lung. (1,3)-β-D-glucan on hospital day 11 was 133 pg/mL. In this article, the approach, diagnostic and management strategies for patients with persistent fevers after diagnosis of COVID-19 in a transplant recipient are discussed.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

Enthalten in:

Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society - (2024) vom: 11. Apr., Seite e14271

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Mullis, Caroline E [VerfasserIn]
Heldman, Madeleine [VerfasserIn]
Bahr, Nathan C [VerfasserIn]
Minamoto, Grace Y [VerfasserIn]
Puius, Yoram A [VerfasserIn]
Malinis, Maricar [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID‐19
Journal Article
Liver transplant
Renal transplant

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Date Revised 26.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status Publisher

doi:

10.1111/tid.14271

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM370948483