Successful treatment of severe COVID‐19 pneumonia in a liver transplant recipient

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic spreads rapidly and may be an increasing challenge for transplant community. Clinical data on COVID‐19 infection in transplant population is very limited. Herein we presented the clinical course and outcome of a 50‐year‐old male post liver transplantation who contracted COVID‐19, with subsequent infection of his wife. The process of illness was representative. A therapeutic regime with temporary immunosuppression withdrawal and systemic low‐dose corticosteroid as principle was involved in the management of the patient which made him recover from severe COVID‐19 pneumonia..

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:20

Enthalten in:

American Journal of Transplantation - 20(2020), 7, Seite 1891-1895

Beteiligte Personen:

Liu, Bin [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Yangzhong [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Yuanyuan [VerfasserIn]
Shi, Huibo [VerfasserIn]
Zeng, Fanjun [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Zhishui [VerfasserIn]

BKL:

44.65

Anmerkungen:

© 2020 The American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons

Umfang:

5

doi:

10.1111/ajt.15901

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

WLY001219618