COVID-19 in transplant recipients: The Spanish experience
Elisabeth Coll, Mario Fernández-Ruiz, J Emilio Sánchez-Álvarez, José R Martínez-Fernández, Orcid ID Marta Crespo, Jorge Gayoso, Teresa Bada-Bosch, Federico Oppenheimer, Francesc Moreso, María O López-Oliva, Edoardo Melilli, Marisa L Rodríguez-Ferrero, Carlos Bravo, Elena Burgos, Carme Facundo, Inmaculada Lorenzo, Íñigo Yañez, Cristina Galeano, Ana Roca, Mercedes Cabello, Manuel Gómez-Bueno, Madolores García-Cosío, Javier Graus, Laura Lladó, Alicia De Pablo, Carmelo Loinaz, Beatriz Aguado, Domingo Hernández, Orcid ID Beatriz Domínguez-Gil
American Journal of Transplantation, doi:10.1111/ajt.16369
Group for the Study of Infection in Transplantation and the Immunocompromised Host (GESITRA-IC) of the Spanish Society of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology (SEIMC).
DISCLOSURE The authors of this manuscript have no conflicts of interest to disclose as described by the American Journal of Transplantation.
DATA AVAILABILITY STATEMENT The data that support the findings of this study are available on request from the corresponding author. The data are not publicly available due to privacy or ethical restrictions.
Accepted Article TABLES Table 1 . Baseline characteristics of solid organ and hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients with COVID-19 and therapies used, overall and according to the transplant type a .
BASELINE
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Accepted Article This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved a Protease inhibitors in any combination. b Defined as the administration of bolus of corticosteroids, initiation of corticosteroids, or increase of baseline doses. ARDS: acute respiratory distress syndrome; AZT: azithromycin; HCQ: hydroxychloroquine.
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