Clinical characteristics and outcome of coronavirus disease 2019 infection in patients with solid organ transplants: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Clinical characteristics and outcome of coronavirus disease 2019 infection in patients with solid organ transplants: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Although many studies have reported cases of COVID-19 infection in transplant recipients, most of them only involve a small number of patients and narrow geographic areas. This study aims to investigate the clinical characteristics, morbidity, severity, and mortality of COVID-19 infection among soli...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of infection and public health 2022-03, Vol.15 (3), p.365-372
Hauptverfasser: An, Wen, Wang, Qiuyang, Kim, Tae-Eun, Kang, Ju-Seop
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Sprache:eng
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COVID-19
COVID-19 - complications
COVID-19 - epidemiology
COVID-19 - mortality
Humans
Meta-analysis
Morbidity
Organ Transplantation
Original
Risk Factors
SARS-CoV-2
Solid organ transplantation
SOT
Transplant Recipients
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Zusammenfassung:Although many studies have reported cases of COVID-19 infection in transplant recipients, most of them only involve a small number of patients and narrow geographic areas. This study aims to investigate the clinical characteristics, morbidity, severity, and mortality of COVID-19 infection among solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients by meta-analysis. We performed a literature search using the databases PubMed, Web of Science, and Google Scholar as of November 26, 2020. We included randomized controlled trials and cohort studies, excluding case reports and small case series (n 
ISSN:1876-0341
1876-035X
DOI:10.1016/j.jiph.2022.02.002