Successful immunomodulation in kidney transplant recipients with cytokine release syndrome after coronavirus disease

• Published in: IJU case reports Vol. 5; no. 5; pp. 373 - 377
• Main Authors: Takamoto, Daiji, Sasaki, Hajime, Kataoka, Hiroshi, Kodama, Fumihiro, Higuchi, Haruka, Hirano, Tetsuo, Takada, Yusuke, Harada, Shigeru, Harada, Hiroshi, Tanaka, Hiroshi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.09.2022; John Wiley and Sons Inc; Wiley
• Subjects: Case Report; Case Reports; Cell cycle; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; cytokine release syndrome; Cytokine storm; Cytokines; dexamethasone; Drug dosages; Fever; kidney transplant recipient; Kidney transplants; Monoclonal antibodies; Mortality; Patients; Pneumonia; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Steroids; tocilizumab; Viral infections; Writing

Introduction Patients with coronavirus disease, especially solid organ transplant recipients, are more susceptible to developing cytokine release syndrome than those with other viral infections. However, currently, treatment methods for such patients have not been established. Here, we describe two...