Repeated COVID-19 infection in recipients of post-living donor liver transplantation: Two real-life cases

I F Montasser; H M Dabbous; M Salah; Y Massoud; H Ebada; M Sakr; S Atef; M Bahaa; M El Meteini

doi:10.1016/j.liver.2021.100002

Repeated COVID-19 infection in recipients of post-living donor liver transplantation: Two real-life cases

J Liver Transpl. 2021 Jan-Mar:1:100002. doi: 10.1016/j.liver.2021.100002. Epub 2021 Mar 19.

Authors

I F Montasser¹, H M Dabbous¹, M Salah¹, Y Massoud¹, H Ebada¹, M Sakr¹, S Atef¹, M Bahaa², M El Meteini²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Tropical Medicine, Ain Shams Centre for Organ Transplantation (ASCOT), Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
² Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery & Liver Transplantation, Ain Shams Centre for Organ Transplantation (ASCOT), Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.

Abstract

COVID-19 is an emerging pandemic. The course and management of the disease in the liver transplant setting may be difficult due to a long-standing immunosuppressive state. In Egypt, the only available option is living donor liver transplantation (LDLT). In our centre, we have transplanted 440 livers since 2008. In this study, we report a single-centre experience with COVID-19 infection in long-term liver transplant recipients. A total of 25 recipients (5.7 %) had COVID-19 infections since March 2020. Among these recipients, two developed COVID-19 infections twice, approximately three and two months apart, respectively.

Keywords: COVID-19; Liver transplant; Pandemic; SARS-CoV-2.

Publication types

Case Reports