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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Malek-Hosseini, Seyed Ali
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Dehghani, Masoud
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description 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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spelling pubmed-74103932020-08-14 COVID-19 in Liver Transplant Patients: Report of 2 Cases and Review of the Literature Niknam, Ramin Malek-Hosseini, Seyed Ali Hashemieh, Seyed Saeid Dehghani, Masoud Int Med Case Rep J Case Report 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. Dove 2020-07-31 /pmc/articles/PMC7410393/ /pubmed/32801943 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IMCRJ.S265910 Text en © 2020 Niknam et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited. The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. For permission for commercial use of this work, please see paragraphs 4.2 and 5 of our Terms (https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php).
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COVID-19 in Liver Transplant Patients: Report of 2 Cases and Review of the Literature
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