1. COVID-19 in lung transplant recipients.
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Myers CN, Scott JH, Criner GJ, Cordova FC, Mamary AJ, Marchetti N, Shenoy KV, Galli JA, Mulhall PD, Brown JC, Shigemura N, and Sehgal S
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- Adenosine Monophosphate analogs & derivatives, Adenosine Monophosphate therapeutic use, Adult, Aged, Alanine analogs & derivatives, Alanine therapeutic use, Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized therapeutic use, Antiviral Agents therapeutic use, COVID-19 diagnostic imaging, COVID-19 immunology, COVID-19 therapy, Cough physiopathology, Cross Infection diagnostic imaging, Cross Infection immunology, Cross Infection therapy, Cystic Fibrosis surgery, Dyspnea physiopathology, Female, Fever physiopathology, Gastrointestinal Diseases physiopathology, Glucocorticoids therapeutic use, Graft Rejection prevention & control, Humans, Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis surgery, Immunoglobulins, Intravenous therapeutic use, Immunologic Factors therapeutic use, Interleukin 1 Receptor Antagonist Protein therapeutic use, Lung diagnostic imaging, Male, Methylprednisolone therapeutic use, Middle Aged, Pancreatitis, Acute Necrotizing, Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive surgery, Pulse Therapy, Drug, SARS-CoV-2, Sepsis, Severity of Illness Index, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, COVID-19 physiopathology, Cross Infection physiopathology, Immunosuppressive Agents therapeutic use, Lung Transplantation
- Abstract
Solid organ transplant recipients are considered at high risk for COVID-19 infection due to chronic immune suppression; little data currently exists on the manifestations and outcomes of COVID-19 infection in lung transplant recipients. Here we report 8 cases of COVID-19 identified in patients with a history of lung transplant. We describe the clinical course of disease as well as preexisting characteristics of these patients., (© 2020 Wiley Periodicals LLC.)
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- 2020
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