SARS COV‐2 INFECTION IN A RENAL‐TRANSPLANTED PATIENT: A CASE REPORT
Goran Topić*, Biljana Topić and Vlado Đajić
ABSTRACT
Organ transplantation is currently an established line of treatment for end-stage organ disease. Transplant patients are at a high risk of infection due to multiple risk factors, including immunosuppression, underlying CKD, and associated comorbidities. Therefore, we report case of kidney transplant recipients infected with COVID-19. Management included supportive treatment (intravenous fluid therapy, monitoring renal function, and symptomatic treatment with or without ward-based oxygen therapy depending on oxygen saturation) and discontinuation of the antiproliferative immunosuppressive drugs.
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