SARS-CoV-2 infection in dialysis and kidney transplant patients: immunological and serological response.

Federico AlbericiStefania AffatatoDaniele MorattoFederica MesciaElisa DelbarbaAlice GueriniMartina TedescoPeter D BurbeloRoberta ZaniIlaria CastagnaAgnese GallicoMattia TonoliMargherita VenturiniAldo M RoccaroMauro GiacomelliJeffrey I CohenViviana GiustiniKerry DobbsHelen C SuChiara FioriniVirginia QuaresimaFabio Battista ViolaValerio VizzardiMario GaggiottiNicola BossiniPaola GaggiaRaffaele BadolatoLuigi D NotarangeloMarco ChiariniFrancesco Scolari

Published in: Journal of nephrology (2022)

During SARS-CoV-2 infection, dialysis and kidney transplant patients manifest immunophenotype abnormalities; these are similar in the two groups, however kidney transplant recipients show more profound alterations of the innate immune system and lower anti-spike antibody response.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
immune response
prognostic factors
sars cov
coronavirus disease