COVID-19 in Liver Transplant Patients: Report of 2 Cases and Review of the Literature

Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by a novel coronavirus. Although liver injury is common in patients with COVID-19, little is known about its clinical presentation and management in liver transplantation. This is the first report from Iran that presented two cases of liver transplantation with...

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Autores principales: Niknam, Ramin, Malek-Hosseini, Seyed Ali, Hashemieh, Seyed Saeid, Dehghani, Masoud
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7410393/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32801943
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IMCRJ.S265910
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Sumario:Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by a novel coronavirus. Although liver injury is common in patients with COVID-19, little is known about its clinical presentation and management in liver transplantation. This is the first report from Iran that presented two cases of liver transplantation with COVID-19, neither of which had pulmonary signs and symptoms, but after diagnostic imaging, both had lung involvement. We also reviewed some literature on the management of COVID-19 in liver transplant patients. In conclusion, our patients improved after starting hydroxychloroquine and continuing to take all immunosuppressive agents except mycophenolate based on the multidisciplinary team’s decision.

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