Uneventful case of COVID-19 in a kidney transplant recipient.
BMJ Case Rep
; 13(7)2020 Jul 20.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-657710
ABSTRACT
Kidney transplant recipients have been reported at a particularly high risk of severe COVID-19 illness due to chronic immunosuppression and coexisting conditions. Yet, here we describe a remarkably mild case of COVID-19 in a 62-year-old female who had a kidney transplantation 10 years earlier due to autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. The patient was admitted for 1 day; immunosuppressive therapy with tacrolimus and low-dose prednisolone was continued; and the patient recovered successfully without the use of antiviral agents or oxygen therapy. The case demonstrates that kidney transplant recipients are not necessarily severely affected by COVID-19. Withdrawal of immunosuppressive therapy could be associated with poorer outcomes and should not be implemented thoughtlessly.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Immunosuppression Therapy
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Kidney Transplantation
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Coronavirus Infections
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Transplant Recipients
Type of study:
Case report
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Diagnostic study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
Language:
English
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Bcr-2020-237427
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