1. First experience of SARS-CoV-2 infections in solid organ transplant recipients in the Swiss Transplant Cohort Study
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Tschopp, Jonathan, LHuillier, Arnaud G., Mombelli, Matteo, Mueller, Nicolas J., Khanna, Nina, Garzoni, Christian, Meloni, Dario, Papadimitriou‐Olivgeris, Matthaios, Neofytos, Dionysios, Hirsch, Hans H., Schuurmans, Macé M., Müller, Thomas, Berney, Thierry, Steiger, Jürg, Pascual, Manuel, Manuel, Oriol, Delden, Christian, Amico, Patrizia, Aubert, John‐David, Banz, Vanessa, Beldi, Guido, Benden, Christian, Berger, Christoph, Binet, Isabelle, Bochud, Pierre‐Yves, Branca, Sanda, Bucher, Heiner, Carell, Thierry, Catana, Emmanuelle, Chalandon, Yves, Geest, Sabina, Rougemont, Olivier, Dickenmann, Michael, Duchosal, Michel, Elkrief, Laure, Fehr, Thomas, Ferrari‐Lacraz, Sylvie, Soccal, Paola Gasche, Gaudet, Christophe, Giostra, Emiliano, Golshayan, Déla, Hadaya, Karine, Halter, Jörg, Hauri, Dimitri, Heim, Dominik, Hess, Christoph, Hillinger, Sven, Hirsch, Hans H, Hofbauer, Günther, Huynh‐Do, Uyen, Immer, Franz, Klaghofer, Richard, Koller, Michael, Laesser, Bettina, Laube, Guido, Lehmann, Roger, Lovis, Christian, Majno, Pietro, Marti, Hans‐Peter, Martin, Pierre Yves, Martinelli, Michele, Meylan, Pascal, Mueller, Nicolas J, Müller, Antonia, Müllhaupt, Beat, Passweg, Jakob, Posfay‐Barbe, Klara, Rick, Juliane, Roosnek, Eddy, Rosselet, Anne, Rothlin, Silvia, Ruschitzka, Frank, Schanz, Urs, Schaub, Stefan, Schnyder, Aurelia, Schuurmans, Macé, Seiler, Christian, Sprachta, Jan, Stampf, Susanne, Steinack, Carolin, Stirnimann, Guido, Toso, Christian, Van Delden, Christian, Venetz, Jean‐Pierre, Villard, Jean, Wick, Madeleine, Wilhelm, Markus, Yerly, Patrick, University of Zurich, Swiss Transplant Cohort Study (STCS), Amico, P., Aubert, J.D., Banz, V., Beldi, G., Benden, C., Berger, C., Binet, I., Bochud, P.Y., Branca, S., Bucher, H., Carell, T., Catana, E., Chalandon, Y., de Geest, S., de Rougemont, O., Dickenmann, M., Duchosal, M., Elkrief, L., Fehr, T., Ferrari-Lacraz, S., Garzoni, C., Soccal, P.G., Gaudet, C., Giostra, E., Golshayan, D., Hadaya, K., Halter, J., Hauri, D., Heim, D., Hess, C., Hillinger, S., Hirsch, H.H., Hofbauer, G., Huynh-Do, U., Immer, F., Klaghofer, R., Koller, M., Laesser, B., Laube, G., Lehmann, R., Lovis, C., Majno, P., Manuel, O., Marti, H.P., Martin, P.Y., Martinelli, M., Meylan, P., Mueller, N.J., Müller, A., Müller, T., Müllhaupt, B., Pascual, M., Passweg, J., Posfay-Barbe, K., Rick, J., Roosnek, E., Rosselet, A., Rothlin, S., Ruschitzka, F., Schanz, U., Schaub, S., Schnyder, A., Schuurmans, M., Seiler, C., Sprachta, J., Stampf, S., Steinack, C., Steiger, J., Stirnimann, G., Toso, C., Van Delden, C., Venetz, J.P., Villard, J., Wick, M., Wilhelm, M., and Yerly, P.
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Male ,10255 Clinic for Thoracic Surgery ,Comorbidity ,030230 surgery ,Infection and infectious agents/ Viral ,Organ transplantation ,10234 Clinic for Infectious Diseases ,0302 clinical medicine ,Postoperative Complications ,Epidemiology ,Immunology and Allergy ,Medicine ,Pharmacology (medical) ,Prospective Studies ,Prospective cohort study ,ddc:616 ,Infectious disease ,education.field_of_study ,ddc:618 ,ddc:617 ,Incidence ,Clinical research/ practice ,Middle Aged ,3. Good health ,Survival Rate ,10209 Clinic for Cardiology ,Female ,medicine.symptom ,10178 Clinic for Pneumology ,Coronavirus Infections ,infectious [Complication] ,infectious ,infection and infectious agents ,infection and infectious agents - viral ,infectious disease [Aged ,Betacoronavirus ,Coronavirus Infections/epidemiology ,Disease Transmission, Infectious/prevention & control ,Follow-Up Studies ,Humans ,Organ Transplantation/methods ,Pandemics ,Pneumonia, Viral/epidemiology ,Postoperative Complications/epidemiology ,Survival Rate/trends ,Switzerland/epidemiology ,Transplant Recipients ,clinical research/ practice ,complication] ,Switzerland ,Cohort study ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Nausea ,Population ,Pneumonia, Viral ,Infection and infectious agents ,610 Medicine & health ,Brief Communication ,03 medical and health sciences ,Internal medicine ,Disease Transmission, Infectious ,education ,Survival rate ,Aged ,Transplantation ,business.industry ,SARS-CoV-2 ,COVID-19 ,Organ Transplantation ,medicine.disease ,10032 Clinic for Oncology and Hematology ,business - Abstract
Immunocompromised patients may be at increased risk for complications of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) infection. However, comprehensive data of SARS‐CoV‐2 infection in solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients are still lacking. We performed a multicenter nationwide observational study within the Swiss Transplant Cohort Study (STCS) to describe the epidemiology, clinical presentation, treatment and outcomes of the first microbiologically documented SARS‐CoV‐2 infection among SOT recipients. Overall, 21 patients were included with a median age of 56 years (10 kidney, 5 liver, 1 pancreas, 1 lung, 1 heart and 3 combined transplantations). The most common presenting symptoms were fever (76%), dry cough (57%), nausea (33%) and diarrhea (33%). Ninety‐five percent and 24% of patients required hospital and ICU admission, respectively, and 19% were intubated. After a median of 33 days of follow‐up, 16 patients were discharged, 3 were still hospitalized and 2 patients died. These data suggest that clinical manifestations of SARS‐CoV‐2 infection in middle‐aged SOT recipients appear to be similar to the general population without an apparent higher rate of complications. These results need to be confirmed in larger cohorts.
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- 2020