Mortality in solid organ transplant recipients hospitalized for COVID-19

Andre C Kalil; Diana F Florescu

doi:10.1111/ajt.16885

Mortality in solid organ transplant recipients hospitalized for COVID-19

Am J Transplant. 2022 Jan;22(1):12-13. doi: 10.1111/ajt.16885. Epub 2021 Nov 10.

Authors

Andre C Kalil¹, Diana F Florescu¹

Affiliation

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA.

Abstract

Kalil and Florescu discuss the growing evidence related to survival outcomes of solid organ transplant patients who are hospitalized due to COVID-19 and place this evidence within the context of other post-transplant infections. See Heldman et al. (page 279).

Keywords: clinical research/practice; infection and infectious agents; infection and infectious agents - viral; infectious disease.

Publication types

Editorial
Comment

MeSH terms

COVID-19*
Hospitalization
Humans
Organ Transplantation* / adverse effects
SARS-CoV-2
Transplant Recipients