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Observational studyTransplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society2021

COVID-19 in lung transplant recipients: A single-center experience.

Sinan Turkkan, Muhammet Ali Beyoglu, Mehmet Furkan Sahin, Alkın Yazicioglu, Yasemin Tezer Tekce, Erdal Yekeler

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Observational study in Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Reinfection with SARS-CoV-2 in a patient undergoing chemotherapy for lymphoma: Case report.Journal of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada = Journal officiel de l'Association pour la microbiologie medicale et l'infectiologie Canada · 2022
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  3. An overview of COVID-19 in solid organ transplantation.Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases · 2022
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  6. COVID-19 in lung transplant recipients: A single-center experience.Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 3 countries.

Sinan TurkkanDepartment of Thoracic Surgery and Lung Transplantation, Ankara City Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Ankara, Turkey.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4029-419X
Muhammet Ali BeyogluDepartment of Thoracic Surgery and Lung Transplantation, Ankara City Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Ankara, Turkey.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4038-630X
Mehmet Furkan SahinDepartment of Thoracic Surgery and Lung Transplantation, Ankara City Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Ankara, Turkey.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7652-624X
Alkın YaziciogluDepartment of Thoracic Surgery and Lung Transplantation, Ankara City Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Ankara, Turkey.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5651-0569
Yasemin Tezer TekceDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Ankara City Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Ankara, Turkey.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7054-6186
Erdal YekelerDepartment of Thoracic Surgery and Lung Transplantation, Ankara City Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Ankara, Turkey.
Ankara University · TR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a global health problem. However, the course of this disease in immunosuppressed patients remains unknown. This study aimed to describe the course of COVID-19 infection and its effects on lung transplant recipients.

methodsThis was a single-center, retrospective, observational study. The recipients with suspicious symptoms and/or a contact history with infected individuals were diagnosed with COVID-19 by performing a reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test using samples obtained from the nasopharynx swabs or bronchial lavage. We classified the patients into mild, moderate, and high severity groups according to their clinical conditions. In patients with positive RT-PCR results, cell cycle inhibitor drugs were withdrawn, while steroids were maintained at the same level as in patients without clinical deterioration.

resultsOf the seven recipients diagnosed with COVID-19 infection, one experienced a re-infection. Each recipient had at least one comorbidity. Smell disorder (12.5%), cough/dyspnea (37%), and fever/chills/shivering (37%) were the most frequent symptoms. The mean follow-up time after infection was 108 days. No deaths were recorded due to COVID-19; however, the pulmonary function test values of two recipients were decreased during subsequent follow-ups.

conclusionIn our small group of transplant recipients with COVID-19, there were two cases of pulmonary function deterioration and a case of re-infection, and no recipient died. It is suggested that steroid therapy should be initiated in the early period in patients with pulmonary opacities.

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COVID-19Kidney TransplantationHumansLungRetrospective StudiesSARS-CoV-2Transplant RecipientsCOVID-19lung transplantrejection

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PMID34323353
PMCPMC8420517
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