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Experience of SARS‐CoV‐2 infection in two kidney transplant recipients living with HIV‐1 infection
Author(s) -
Chowdary Prashanth,
Shetty Shraddha,
Booth John,
Khurram Muhammad Arslan,
Yaqoob Magdi,
Mohamed Ismail Heyder
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
transplant infectious disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.69
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1399-3062
pISSN - 1398-2273
DOI - 10.1111/tid.13500
Subject(s) - medicine , kidney transplant , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , intensive care medicine , kidney transplantation , population , immunology , covid-19 , kidney , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease , environmental health
There is still no consensus on the optimal management of COVID‐19 within the general population due to the emerging evidence base. High‐risk groups, including kidney transplant recipients living with HIV present unique additional challenges. Here we discuss two kidney transplant recipients living with HIV with SARS‐CoV‐2 infection and their clinical course, and review the existing literature for this subset of challenging patients.