CASE REPORT: UNEXPECTED OUTCOME IN PATIENT WITH LIVER TRANSPLANT WITH COVID 19 PNEUMONIA
Rami Khaled Abou El Foul
, Mohamed Mahmoud Ibrahim Mohamed
, Nael Mustafa Quraishy
, Hoda Mohamed Bakri Hammoda
, Mohamed Gomah Hamed Alaqqad
, Reda Abdelfattah Elmowafi Badran
, Mohamed Abouelfetouh Abouelfetouh Elsharkawi
, Mohammed Samir Mokhtar Hamed Elwan
and Manal Syed Rezzek
- Internal Medicine Unit/Gastroenterology, Hatta Hospital, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
- General Surgery Department, Hatta Hospital, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
- Accident and Emergency department, Hatta Hospital, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
- Radiology department, Hatta Hospital, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) is a global pandemic caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The outcomes and severity of COVID-19 are dependent on comorbidities such as diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases including hypertension, kidney disease, pulmonary disease, and age[1,2,3]Since December 2019, the whole world suffers from (SARS-CoV-2) that was declared by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a global pandemic on March 11, 2020[4]Liver transplant (LT) recipients, being immunosuppressed, are prone to severe infections [5]. Therefore, the presence of comorbidities and chronic immunosuppression may increase the risk of severe COVID-19 among liver transplant recipients [6],[7].
[Rami Khaled Abou El Foul, Mohamed Mahmoud Ibrahim Mohamed, Nael Mustafa Quraishy, Hoda Mohamed Bakri Hammoda, Mohamed Gomah Hamed Alaqqad, Reda Abdelfattah Elmowafi Badran, Mohamed Abouelfetouh Abouelfetouh Elsharkawi, Mohammed Samir Mokhtar Hamed Elwan and Manal Syed Rezzek (2022); CASE REPORT: UNEXPECTED OUTCOME IN PATIENT WITH LIVER TRANSPLANT WITH COVID 19 PNEUMONIA Int. J. of Adv. Res. 10 (Apr). 543-545] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com
Internal Medicine Unit/Gastroenterology, Hatta Hospital, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
