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Successful treatment of severe COVID‐19 pneumonia in a liver transplant recipient
Author(s) -
Liu Bin,
Wang Yangzhong,
Zhao Yuanyuan,
Shi Huibo,
Zeng Fanjun,
Chen Zhishui
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.15901
Subject(s) - medicine , immunosuppression , pneumonia , population , pandemic , transplantation , intensive care medicine , liver transplantation , covid-19 , immunology , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , environmental health
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic spreads rapidly and may be an increasing challenge for transplant community. Clinical data on COVID‐19 infection in transplant population is very limited. Herein we presented the clinical course and outcome of a 50‐year‐old male post liver transplantation who contracted COVID‐19, with subsequent infection of his wife. The process of illness was representative. A therapeutic regime with temporary immunosuppression withdrawal and systemic low‐dose corticosteroid as principle was involved in the management of the patient which made him recover from severe COVID‐19 pneumonia.