P.127: Covid-19 infection in a large cohort of kidney transplant recipients from a single center.
Makaleler > Tam Makale · 2024
Yazarlar: Aygül ÇELTİK, Gizem Korkut, Gizem Karadas, Meray Tikves, Ayse Bengi Kandemir Bozkurt, Gülay AŞCI, Huseyin Toz
Transplantation, Uluslararası, Wos, 2024, cilt 108
DOI: 10.1097/01.tp.0001067364.03281.09
Özet
Introduction: Corona virus disease 19 (COVID-19) pandemic has important effects in kidney transplant recipients. Our aim is to evaluate the characteristics of kidney or kidney and pancreas transplant recipients followed in our center. Method: This is an observational cohort study. We included our patients who were diagnosed COVID-19 between 01/07/2020-26/12/2022. All patients were diagnosed with a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test. Patients with active malignancy and human immune deficiency infection were excluded. Results: We enrolled 427 patients. Age was 47.4±12.5 years and 48% of patients were female. Time from transplantation to COVID-19 was 9.2±5.8 years and 66% of patients were underwent kidney transplantation from a living donor. Number of new cases among kidney transplant recipients was similar to population in Turkey. Overall patient mortality was %10.Conclusion: Waves of COVID-19 was simultaneous with general population among kidney transplant recipients. Mortality rates were similar with previous studies.