Recommended prophylactic and management strategies for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection in transplant recipients

Chun-Rong Ju; Qiao-Yan Lian; Jian-Heng Zhang; Tao Qiu; Zhi-Tao Cai; Wen-Yang Jiang; Jing Zhang; Qin Cheng; Gang Chen; Ning Li; Chun-Yan Wang; Jian-Xing He

Chronic Diseases and Translational Medicine (Jun 2020)

Recommended prophylactic and management strategies for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection in transplant recipients

Chun-Rong Ju,
Qiao-Yan Lian,
Jian-Heng Zhang,
Tao Qiu,
Zhi-Tao Cai,
Wen-Yang Jiang,
Jing Zhang,
Qin Cheng,
Gang Chen,
Ning Li,
Chun-Yan Wang,
Jian-Xing He

Affiliations

Chun-Rong Ju: State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510120, China
Qiao-Yan Lian: State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510120, China
Jian-Heng Zhang: State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510120, China
Tao Qiu: Department of Kidney Transplantation, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei 430060, China
Zhi-Tao Cai: Department of Kidney Transplantation, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei 430060, China
Wen-Yang Jiang: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei 430060, China
Jing Zhang: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Affiliated Union Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430022, China
Qin Cheng: Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100083, China
Gang Chen: Department of Kidney Transplantation, Affiliated Tongji Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430071, China
Ning Li: Department of Kidney Transplantation, The Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030001, China
Chun-Yan Wang: Department of Hematology, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510120, China
Jian-Xing He: State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510120, China; Corresponding author.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 6, no. 2
pp. 87 – 97

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Since December 2019, increasing attention has been paid to the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) epidemic in Wuhan, China. SARS-CoV-2 primarily invades the respiratory tract and lungs, leading to pneumonia and other systemic disorders. The effect of SARS-CoV-2 in transplant recipients has raised significant concerns, especially because there is a large population of transplant recipients in China. Based on the current epidemic situation, this study reviewed publications on this virus and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), analyzed common features of respiratory viral pneumonias, and presented the currently reported clinical characteristics of COVID-19 in transplant recipients to improve strategies regarding the diagnosis and treatment of COVID-19 in this special population.

Published in Chronic Diseases and Translational Medicine

ISSN: 2095-882X (Print); 2589-0514 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/25890514

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