Abstract
SARS-CoV-2 has caused a global pandemic of an acute respiratory illness known as COVID-19. Patients with solid organ transplants receiving chronic immunosuppressive therapy are at risk of severe disease caused by opportunistic pathogens, including cytomegalovirus (CMV). We present the case of a renal transplant recipient presenting with hypoxic respiratory failure because of severe COVID-19, whose course was complicated by ganciclovir-resistant CMV pneumonitis.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 115-119 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | COVID |
Volume | 1 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 2021 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- CMV
- COVID-19
- cytomegalovirus
- kidney
- SARS-CoV-2
- transplant
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Immunology and Microbiology (miscellaneous)
- Medicine (miscellaneous)
- Infectious Diseases