SynthesisTransplantation reviews (Orlando, Fla.)2021
The association between severe or death COVID-19 and solid organ transplantation: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- Impact of recent COVID-19 infection on liver and kidney transplantation - a worldwide meta-analysis and systematic review.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Pooled it
- Clinical outcome in solid organ transplant recipients affected by COVID-19 compared to general population: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases · 2022Pooled it
- Risk Factors for Weak Antibody Response of SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine in Adult Solid Organ Transplant Recipients: A Systemic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in immunology · 2022Pooled it
- COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in the United States: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in public health · 2021Pooled it
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- Prophylactic role of tixagevimab/cilgavimab for COVID-19 in newly transplanted kidney recipients: Single-center experience and review of literature.World journal of transplantation · 2025Article
- Effectiveness and Tolerability of Dual Antiviral Therapy in Immunosuppressed Patients with Protracted SARS-CoV-2 Infection.Infectious disease reports · 2025Article
- Leukocyte Count in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients After SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccination and Infection.Vaccines · 2025Article
- Optimized tacrolimus dosing strategy in kidney transplant recipients receiving nirmatrelvir-ritonavir for COVID-19.PloS one · 2025Observational
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- Clinical outcomes of immunomodulation therapy in immunocompromised patients with severe Covid-19 and high oxygen requirement.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Impact of COVID-19 on liver transplant recipients: A nationwide cohort study evaluating hospitalization, transplant rejection, and inpatient mortality.World journal of transplantation · 2024Article
- Efficacy and Safety of Remdesivir in Adult Solid Organ Transplant Recipients: A Scoping Review.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Clinical and Imaging Characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 Breakthrough Infection in Hospitalized Immunocompromised Patients.Korean journal of radiology · 2024Article
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- Immune response analysis of solid organ transplantation recipients inoculated with inactivated COVID-19 vaccine: A retrospective analysis.Open medicine (Warsaw, Poland) · 2024Article
- Sequelae of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Infection among Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Large Single-Center Experience.Critical care research and practice · 2024Article
- Resilience and Beyond the Acute Phase Challenges: Case Series on Prolonged COVID-19 Infection in Immunocompromised Individuals.Infection and drug resistance · 2024Article
- Remdesivir Reduced Mortality in Immunocompromised Patients Hospitalized for COVID-19 Across Variant Waves: Findings From Routine Clinical Practice.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe effect of solid organ transplantation (SOT) on the severity and mortality of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) remained controversial. There is still no consensus on whether solid organ transplantation (SOT) recipients with COVID-19 are at greater risk of developing severe or fatal COVID-19. Therefore, we conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to investigate the association between SOT, severe COVID-19 illness, and mortality.
methodsA systemically comprehensive search in Pubmed, Embase, the Cochrane Library, Web of Science, and China National Knowledge Infrastructure was performed for relevant studies and articles. Consequently, we pooled the odds ratio (OR) from individual studies and performed heterogeneity, quality assessment and subgroup/sensitivity analysis.
resultsA total number of 15 articles with 265,839 participants were included in this study. Among the total number of participants, 1485 were SOT recipients. The meta-analysis results showed that transplant patients with COVID-19 were remarkably associated with a higher risk of intensive care unit admission than non-transplant patients (OR = 1.57, 95%CI: 1.07 to 2.31, P = 0.02). On the other hand, there were no statistically significant differences between SOT recipients and non-SOT recipients in mechanical ventilation need (OR = 1.55, 95%CI: 0.98 to 2.44, P = 0.06). In addition, we found that SOT recipients with COVID-19 had 1.40-fold increased odds of mortality than non-SOT recipients (OR = 1.40, 95%CI: 1.10 to 1.79, P = 0.007). Moreover, pooled analysis of adjusted results revealed that SOT recipients had a greater risk of mortality compared with non-SOT patients (HR = 1.54, 95%CI: 1.03 to 2.32, P = 0.037). LIMITATIONS: The main limitations in our study are attributed to the relatively small sample size, short follow-up period, and the fact that most of the studies included were retrospective in design.
conclusionsThe results of this study indicate that SOT recipients with COVID-19 had a more significant risk of COVID-19 severity and mortality than the general population.
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