Cureus . Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in a Renal Transplant Patient

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Cureus


. 2020 May 9;12(5):e8038.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.8038.
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in a Renal Transplant Patient


Avantika Chenna ^{1 2} , Venu Madhav Konala ^{3 4} , Vijay Gayam ⁵ , Srikanth Naramala ⁶ , Sreedhar Adapa ⁷



Affiliations

• PMID: 32528774
• PMCID: PMC7282362
• DOI: 10.7759/cureus.8038

Abstract

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has resulted in significant morbidity and mortality worldwide. Transplant patients are particularly at a higher risk of contracting COVID-19 because of their immunosuppressed state, and they have the propensity to develop opportunistic infections. The pre-immunosuppressed state, along with other existing comorbidities, can influence the outcomes of COVID-19 in transplant patients. We describe a case of a renal transplant patient who developed COVID-19. Real-time nucleic acid testing (NAT) should be done in deceased and living donors. The most common management strategy is the modification of immunosuppression along with current experimental strategies for COVID-19.

Keywords: acute respiratory distress syndrome; coronavirus; covid-19; renal transplant