Successful treatment of a kidney transplant patient with COVID-19 and late-onset Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia.

Jing PengMing NiDunfeng DuYanjun LuJuan SongWeiyong LiuNa ShenXiong WangYaowu ZhuBruce A VallanceZiyong SunHong Bing Yu

Published in: Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials (2021)

This case highlights the importance of prompt and differential diagnosis of PJP in kidney transplant patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection. Further studies are required to clarify if kidney transplant patients with COVID-19 could be prone to develop late-onset PJP and how these patients should be treated.

Keyphrases

late onset
early onset
newly diagnosed
end stage renal disease
coronavirus disease
ejection fraction
sars cov
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
mechanical ventilation