Covid-19 and Kidney Transplantation

A cohort of 36 consecutive kidney-transplant recipients had less fever, lower CD3, CD4, and CD8 cell counts, more rapid clinical deterioration, and a higher mortality than the general population of patients with Covid-19.

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Published inThe New England journal of medicine Vol. 382; no. 25; pp. 2475 - 2477
Main Authors Akalin, Enver, Azzi, Yorg, Bartash, Rachel, Seethamraju, Harish, Parides, Michael, Hemmige, Vagish, Ross, Michael, Forest, Stefanie, Goldstein, Yitz D, Ajaimy, Maria, Liriano-Ward, Luz, Pynadath, Cindy, Loarte-Campos, Pablo, Nandigam, Purna B, Graham, Jay, Le, Marie, Rocca, Juan, Kinkhabwala, Milan
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Massachusetts Medical Society 18.06.2020
Subjects
Adult
Aged
Betacoronavirus
CD3 antigen
CD4 antigen
CD8 antigen
Coronavirus Infections - complications
Coronavirus Infections - mortality
Coronavirus Infections - physiopathology
Coronaviruses
Correspondence
COVID-19
Cytokines
Female
Fever
Humans
Immunosuppressive Agents
Kidney Transplantation
Male
Middle Aged
Mortality
New York City
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral - complications
Pneumonia, Viral - mortality
Pneumonia, Viral - physiopathology
Risk Factors
SARS-CoV-2
Transplant Recipients
Transplants & implants
New York City
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Summary:A cohort of 36 consecutive kidney-transplant recipients had less fever, lower CD3, CD4, and CD8 cell counts, more rapid clinical deterioration, and a higher mortality than the general population of patients with Covid-19.
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Drs. Akalin and Azzi contributed equally to this letter.
ISSN:0028-4793
1533-4406
1533-4406
DOI:10.1056/NEJMc2011117