COVID‐19 in solid organ transplant recipients

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First identified in December 2019, the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus‐2 has spread widely. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) was declared a pandemic in March 2020. Post‐transplant patients appear to be particularly vulnerable. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is the only abdominal transplant institution in the state of Arkansas. Between March 25 to April 20, four transplant recipients with functioning grafts tested positive for COVID‐19. Three were African American; one was Hispanic. Median age was 62.5 years (range 49‐65). Three patients had received kidney transplant (KT). One had received a simultaneous liver‐kidney (SLK).

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