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Case report of COVID‐19 in a kidney transplant recipient: Does immunosuppression alter the clinical presentation?
Author(s) -
Guillen Elena,
Pineiro Gaston J.,
Revuelta Ignacio,
Rodriguez Diana,
Bodro Marta,
Moreno Asunción,
Campistol Josep M.,
Diekmann Fritz,
VenturaAguiar Pedro
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
american journal of transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.89
H-Index - 188
eISSN - 1600-6143
pISSN - 1600-6135
DOI - 10.1111/ajt.15874
Subject(s) - medicine , immunosuppression , covid-19 , infectious disease (medical specialty) , epidemiology , disease , immunology , intensive care medicine , pandemic , presentation (obstetrics) , pathology , surgery
COVID‐19 is novel infectious disease with an evolving understanding of its epidemiology and clinical manifestations. Immunocompromised patients often present atypical presentations of viral diseases. Herein we report a case of a COVID‐19 infection in a solid organ transplant recipient, in which the first clinical symptoms were of gastrointestinal viral disease and fever, which further progressed to respiratory symptoms in 48 hours. In these high risk populations, protocols for screening for SARS‐Cov2 may be needed to be re‐evaluated.