Favorable Outcome of COVID-19 Pneumonia in a Kidney Transplant Recipient Treated with Tocilizumab
The presentation of COVID-19 pneumonia in kidney transplant recipients is similar to that of the general population. However, in the former, it may have a worse clinical course. We report a kidney transplant patient affected by COVID-19 pneumonia whose condition worsened 9 days after the initial pre...
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| author | Adnane Guella Osman Elfadil Ghisson Abdulrazaq Sahla Osman Mohammed Munir Khan Abdalla Ahmed Feras Deyab |
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| description | The presentation of COVID-19 pneumonia in kidney transplant recipients is similar to that of the general population. However, in the former, it may have a worse clinical course. We report a kidney transplant patient affected by COVID-19 pneumonia whose condition worsened 9 days after the initial presentation. As no therapeutic guidelines on the subject are currently available, here we share our approach in the management of the immunosuppressive medications and the antiviral therapy and compare them to the scarce available data. We also expose the use of tocilizumab in our patient with excellent results. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2c916cbdf657498ea13548b0bffe5cdf2025-08-20T02:24:04ZengWileyCase Reports in Infectious Diseases2090-66252090-66332020-01-01202010.1155/2020/88306268830626Favorable Outcome of COVID-19 Pneumonia in a Kidney Transplant Recipient Treated with TocilizumabAdnane Guella0Osman Elfadil1Ghisson Abdulrazaq2Sahla Osman3Mohammed Munir Khan4Abdalla Ahmed5Feras Deyab6Nephrology Section, Sharjah University Hospital, Sharjah, UAENephrology Section, Sharjah University Hospital, Sharjah, UAEDepartment of Internal Medicine, Sharjah University Hospital, Sharjah, UAEDepartment of Internal Medicine, Sharjah University Hospital, Sharjah, UAEDepartment of Internal Medicine, Sharjah University Hospital, Sharjah, UAEDepartment of Internal Medicine, Sharjah University Hospital, Sharjah, UAEDepartment of Internal Medicine, Sharjah University Hospital, Sharjah, UAEThe presentation of COVID-19 pneumonia in kidney transplant recipients is similar to that of the general population. However, in the former, it may have a worse clinical course. We report a kidney transplant patient affected by COVID-19 pneumonia whose condition worsened 9 days after the initial presentation. As no therapeutic guidelines on the subject are currently available, here we share our approach in the management of the immunosuppressive medications and the antiviral therapy and compare them to the scarce available data. We also expose the use of tocilizumab in our patient with excellent results.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8830626 |
| spellingShingle | Adnane Guella Osman Elfadil Ghisson Abdulrazaq Sahla Osman Mohammed Munir Khan Abdalla Ahmed Feras Deyab Favorable Outcome of COVID-19 Pneumonia in a Kidney Transplant Recipient Treated with Tocilizumab Case Reports in Infectious Diseases |
| title | Favorable Outcome of COVID-19 Pneumonia in a Kidney Transplant Recipient Treated with Tocilizumab |
| title_full | Favorable Outcome of COVID-19 Pneumonia in a Kidney Transplant Recipient Treated with Tocilizumab |
| title_fullStr | Favorable Outcome of COVID-19 Pneumonia in a Kidney Transplant Recipient Treated with Tocilizumab |
| title_full_unstemmed | Favorable Outcome of COVID-19 Pneumonia in a Kidney Transplant Recipient Treated with Tocilizumab |
| title_short | Favorable Outcome of COVID-19 Pneumonia in a Kidney Transplant Recipient Treated with Tocilizumab |
| title_sort | favorable outcome of covid 19 pneumonia in a kidney transplant recipient treated with tocilizumab |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8830626 |
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