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[Resilience in COVID-19 times: general considerations on the recovery of a 93-year-old patient on haemodialysis treatment].

Authors :
Mosconi G
Spazzoli A
Bruno PF
Angelini ML
Cristino S
Lifrieri MF
Americo C
De Fabritiis M
Ambri K
Dirani G
Semprini S
Sambri V
Zambianchi L
Source :
Giornale italiano di nefrologia : organo ufficiale della Societa italiana di nefrologia [G Ital Nefrol] 2020 Oct 05; Vol. 37 (5). Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Oct 05.
Publication Year :
2020

Abstract

We report the case of a 93-year-old woman on haemodialysis treatment for more than 30 months and with multiple comorbidities who recovered from a Covid-19 infection without any significant clinical problems. The patient has shown a delay in viral clearance with swab test negativization (confirmed) after 33 days; after testing positive again, she has resulted persistently negative, (confirmed after 49 days). After the first negative swab, IgG and IgM antibodies have been found; these have remained persistently positive after a month. As well as highlighting an unexpected resilience in an extremely fragile context, the analysis of this case draws attention to patients' management and, potentially, to the need to arrange dialysis treatments in isolation for some time after their "laboratory recovery".<br /> (Copyright by Società Italiana di Nefrologia SIN, Rome, Italy.)

Details

Language :
Italian
ISSN :
1724-5990
Volume :
37
Issue :
5
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Giornale italiano di nefrologia : organo ufficiale della Societa italiana di nefrologia
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
33026203