A Imam, C Karatas, R Imam, A Armutlu, N Mecit, A Karakaya, M Kalayoglu, T Kanmaz
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Abstract
The effect of COVID-19 on the transplant recipients is not well-established. Many reports underestimate the effect of COVID-19 on the immunosuppressed population. Herein, we report on 3 pediatric liver transplant recipients who were transplanted at our center between February 11 and March 10, 2020-during the COVID-19 pandemic era. The 3 patients aged between 5 and 10 months, had a rapid and aggressive respiratory deterioration that necessitated mechanical ventilation and extracorporeal life support; and eventually died. The clinical and pathological pictures likely represent COVID-19 pneumonia. Chest x-rays showed progressive infiltrates. Lung autopsies showed diffuse alveolar damage in two cases. We concluded that COVID-19 is very likely to have catastrophic effects on transplant recipients.
期刊介绍：
The International Journal of Organ Transplantation Medicine (IJOTM) is a quarterly peer-reviewed English-language journal that publishes high-quality basic sciences and clinical research on transplantation. The scope of the journal includes organ and tissue donation, procurement and preservation; surgical techniques, innovations, and novelties in all aspects of transplantation; genomics and immunobiology; immunosuppressive drugs and pharmacology relevant to transplantation; graft survival and prevention of graft dysfunction and failure; clinical trials and population analyses in the field of transplantation; transplant complications; cell and tissue transplantation; infection; post-transplant malignancies; sociological and ethical issues and xenotransplantation.
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