Successful treatment of severe COVID‐19 pneumonia in a liver transplant recipient
| Autor: | Fanjun Zeng, Huibo Shi, Yangzhong Wang, Zhishui Chen, Yuanyuan Zhao, Bin Liu |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
education.field_of_study Transplantation Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) medicine.drug_class business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Population Immunosuppression 030230 surgery Liver transplantation 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Infectious disease (medical specialty) Pandemic medicine Corticosteroid Immunology and Allergy Pharmacology (medical) Intensive care medicine education business |
| Zdroj: | American Journal of Transplantation |
| ISSN: | 1600-6143 1600-6135 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/ajt.15901 |
| Popis: | Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic spreads rapidly and may be an increasing challenge for transplant community. Clinical data on COVID-19 infection in transplant population is very limited. Herein we presented the clinical course and outcome of a 50-year-old male post liver transplantation who contracted COVID-19, with subsequent infection of his wife. The process of illness was representative. A therapeutic regime with temporary immunosuppression withdrawal and systemic low-dose corticosteroid as principle was involved in the management of the patient which made him recover from severe COVID-19 pneumonia. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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