COVID-19 pneumonia in kidney transplant recipients: Focus on immunosuppression management.

Tracy Yixin Chen Sara Farghaly Samantha Cham Luis Lantigua Tatem Jonathan H Sin Roberto Rauda Maria Ribisi Nabil Sumrani

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

Our findings described the characteristics and outcomes of this highly fatal illness in a multi-ethnic kidney transplant cohort, with insights on immunosuppression management that could further our understanding of this unique disease in immunocompromised populations.

Keyphrases

coronavirus disease
sars cov
respiratory failure
type diabetes
metabolic syndrome
adipose tissue
intensive care unit
skeletal muscle
weight loss
respiratory syndrome coronavirus
community acquired pneumonia