COVID-19 in pancreas transplant recipients.

Geoffrey K Dube Radica Z Alicic Kasi R McCune P Rodrigo Sandoval Lloyd E Ratner David J Cohen

Published in: Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society (2020)

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has become a pandemic since first being described in January 2020. Clinical manifestations in non-transplant patients range from asymptomatic infection to severe pneumonia with acute respiratory distress syndrome, multiorgan system failure, and death. Limited reports in kidney transplant recipients suggest similar characteristics in that population. We report here the first case series of COVID-19 infection occurring in pancreas transplant recipients.

Keyphrases

coronavirus disease
acute respiratory distress syndrome
sars cov
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
respiratory syndrome coronavirus
ejection fraction
mechanical ventilation
newly diagnosed
early onset
intensive care unit
patient reported outcomes
adverse drug
community acquired pneumonia