COVID-19 and kidney transplant recipients.

Sara AbolghasemiMasoud MardaniShahnaz SaliNegin HonarvarMana Baziboroun

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

It seems that COVID-19 is more severe in transplant patients and has poorer outcomes. Multiple underlying diseases, low O2 saturation, and multilobar view in chest CT scan may be of prognostic value. However, many SARS-CoV-2 demonstrations are similar to those of the general population.

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