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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2023

COVID-19 Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Recipients in a German Transplant Center.

Michael Mikhailov, Klemens Budde, Fabian Halleck, Georgios Eleftheriadis, Marcel G Naik, Eva Schrezenmeier, Friederike Bachmann, Mira Choi, Wiebke Duettmann, Ellen von Hoerschelmann and 8 more

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Michael MikhailovDepartment of Nephrology and Medical Intensive Care, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-7624-9668
Klemens BuddeDepartment of Nephrology and Medical Intensive Care, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-7929-5942
Fabian HalleckDepartment of Nephrology and Medical Intensive Care, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany.
Georgios EleftheriadisDepartment of Nephrology and Medical Intensive Care, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany.
Marcel G NaikDepartment of Nephrology and Medical Intensive Care, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-6063-2806
Eva SchrezenmeierDepartment of Nephrology and Medical Intensive Care, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany.
Friederike BachmannDepartment of Nephrology and Medical Intensive Care, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany.
Mira ChoiDepartment of Nephrology and Medical Intensive Care, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-0286-1491
Wiebke DuettmannDepartment of Nephrology and Medical Intensive Care, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-0275-766X
Ellen von HoerschelmannDepartment of Nephrology and Medical Intensive Care, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany.
Nadine KochDepartment of Nephrology and Medical Intensive Care, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany.
Lutz LiefeldtDepartment of Nephrology and Medical Intensive Care, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-3964-4685
Christian LüchtDepartment of Nephrology and Medical Intensive Care, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany.
Henriette Straub-HohenbleicherDepartment of Nephrology and Medical Intensive Care, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany.
Johannes WaiserDepartment of Nephrology and Medical Intensive Care, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany.
Ulrike WeberDepartment of Nephrology and Medical Intensive Care, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany.
Bianca ZukunftDepartment of Nephrology and Medical Intensive Care, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany.
Bilgin OsmanodjaDepartment of Nephrology and Medical Intensive Care, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-8660-0722
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) show higher morbidity and mortality from COVID-19 than the general population and have an impaired response to vaccination. We analyzed COVID-19 incidence and clinical outcomes in a single-center cohort of approximately 2500 KTRs. Between 1 February 2020 and 1 July 2022, 578 KTRs were infected with SARS-CoV-2, with 25 (4%) recurrent infections. In total, 208 KTRs (36%) were hospitalized, and 39 (7%) died. Among vaccinated patients, infection with the Omicron variant had a mortality of 2%. Unvaccinated patients infected with the Omicron variant showed mortality (9% vs. 11%) and morbidity (hospitalization 52% vs. 54%, ICU admission 12% vs. 18%) comparable to the pre-Omicron era. Multivariable analysis revealed that being unvaccinated (OR = 2.15, 95% CI [1.38, 3.35]), infection in the pre-Omicron era (OR = 3.06, 95% CI [1.92, 4.87]), and higher patient age (OR = 1.04, 95% CI [1.03, 1.06]) are independent risk factors for COVID-19 hospitalization, whereas a steroid-free immunosuppressive regimen was found to reduce the risk of COVID-19 hospitalization (OR = 0.51, 95% CI [0.33, 0.79]). This suggests that both virological changes in the Omicron variant and vaccination reduce the risk for morbidity and mortality from COVID-19 in KTRs. Our data extend the knowledge from the general population to KTRs and provide important insights into outcomes during the Omicron era.

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COVID-19immunosuppressionkidney transplant recipientsOmicronSARS-CoV-2vaccination

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PMID37763043
PMCPMC10531713
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