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ReviewJournal of epidemiology and global health2023

Outcome of Transplant Recipients Infected with Omicron BA.1 and BA.2: A Single-Center Retrospective Study in Saudi Arabia.

Abeer N Alshukairi, Yasser Aldabbagh, Sabir A Adroub, Tobias Mourier, Khalid Y Abumelha, Ghadeer E Albishi, Basem M Alraddadi, Mohammad K Al Hroub, Aiman El-Saed, Suzan M Nagash Ibrahim and 7 more

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Review in Journal of epidemiology and global health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Abeer N AlshukairiDepartment of Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, PO BOX 40047, Jeddah, 21499, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. abeer.alshukairi@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0002-9565-3527
Yasser AldabbaghDepartment of Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, PO BOX 40047, Jeddah, 21499, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Sabir A AdroubPathogen Genomics Group, Bioscience Program, BESE Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Tobias MourierPathogen Genomics Group, Bioscience Program, BESE Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Khalid Y AbumelhaDepartment of Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, PO BOX 40047, Jeddah, 21499, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Ghadeer E AlbishiDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Basem M AlraddadiDepartment of Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, PO BOX 40047, Jeddah, 21499, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Mohammad K Al HroubDepartment of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Aiman El-SaedDepartment of Infection Prevention and Control, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Suzan M Nagash IbrahimDepartment of Oncology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Mohammed Al MusawaDepartment of Medical and Critical Care Pharmacy, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Ahlam AlmasariDepartment of Oncology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Wael T HabahabDepartment of Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, PO BOX 40047, Jeddah, 21499, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Fatimah S AlhamlanDepartment of Infection and Immunity, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Awad Al-OmariCollege of Medicine, AlFaisal University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Arnab PainPathogen Genomics Group, Bioscience Program, BESE Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Ashraf DadaCollege of Medicine, AlFaisal University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre · SAAlfaisal University · SAKing Abdullah University of Science and Technology · SAKing Abdulaziz Medical City · SA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The outcome of transplant recipients is variable depending on the study population, vaccination status and COVID-19 variants. Our aim was to study the impact of Omicron subvariants on the mortality of transplant recipients. We reviewed the results of SARS-CoV-2 whole genome sequence of random isolates collected from 29 December 2021 until 17 May 2022 in King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research center, Jeddah (KFSHRC-J), Saudi Arabia performed as hospital genomic surveillance program for COVID-19 variants. We included 25 transplant patients infected with confirmed Omicron variants.17 (68%) and 8 (32%) patients had Omicron BA.1 and BA.2, respectively. 12 (68%) patients had renal transplants. Only 36% of patients received three doses of COVID-19 vaccines. 23 (92%) patients required hospitalization. 20 (80%) patients survived and 6 (25%) required intensive care unit (ICU) admission. Among ICU patients, 66.7% were more than 50 years, 50% had two to three comorbidities and 5 out of 6 (83%) died. The mortality of transplant patients infected with Omicron variants in our cohort was higher than other centers as a limited number of patients received booster vaccines. Optimizing booster vaccination is the most efficient method to improve the mortality of COVID-19 in transplant recipients recognizing the inefficacy of monoclonal antibodies in the presence of SARS-CoV-2 emerging variants. We did not show a difference in mortality in transplant patients infected with Omicron BA.1 and BA.2 knowing the limitation of our sample size.

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COVID-19Transplant RecipientsCOVID-19 VaccinesHumansRetrospective StudiesSARS-CoV-2Saudi ArabiaCOVID-19 VaccinesCOVID-19Omicron variantOutcomeTransplantation

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PMID36626091
PMCPMC9830128
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