High mortality among kidney transplant recipients diagnosed with coronavirus disease 2019: Results from the Brazilian multicenter cohort study.

<h4>Background</h4>Kidney transplant (KT) recipients are considered a high-risk group for unfavorable outcomes in the course of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).<h4>Aim</h4>To describe the clinical aspects and outcomes of COVID-19 among KT recipients.<h4>Methods</...

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Main Authors: Lúcio R Requião-Moura, Tainá Veras de Sandes-Freitas, Laila Almeida Viana, Marina Pontello Cristelli, Luis Gustavo Modelli de Andrade, Valter Duro Garcia, Claudia Maria Costa de Oliveira, Ronaldo de Matos Esmeraldo, Mario Abbud Filho, Alvaro Pacheco-Silva, Katia Cronemberger Sousa, Alessandra Rosa Vicari, Kellen Micheline Alves Henrique Costa, Denise Rodrigues Simão, Marcos Vinicius de Sousa, Juliana Bastos Campos, Ricardo Augusto Monteiro de Barros Almeida, Luciane Mônica Deboni, Miguel Moysés Neto, Juliana Aparecida Zanocco, Helio Tedesco-Silva, José Medina-Pestana, COVID-19-KT Brazil
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0254822