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SUBMITTER: Myers CN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7300568 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Myers Catherine N CN Scott John Harwood JH Criner Gerard J GJ Cordova Francis C FC Mamary Albert James AJ Marchetti Nathaniel N Shenoy Kartik V KV Galli Jonathan A JA Mulhall Patrick D PD Brown James C JC Shigemura Norihisa N Sehgal Sameep S
Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society 20200722 6
Solid organ transplant recipients are considered at high risk for COVID-19 infection due to chronic immune suppression; little data currently exists on the manifestations and outcomes of COVID-19 infection in lung transplant recipients. Here we report 8 cases of COVID-19 identified in patients with a history of lung transplant. We describe the clinical course of disease as well as preexisting characteristics of these patients. ...[more]