Outcome of Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) in Egyptian Cohort of Long-Term Liver Transplant Recipients: Single Center Experience

Abstract

Among 21 cases of COVID-19 infection in our center, median age at diagnosis was 40 ± 12.8 years, and the median interval since transplantation was 4.75 years. Fever (100%) and radiographic abnormalities in form of unilateral or bilateral/multifocal consolidations (80%) were the most common presentations. Macrolide's antibiotics were used in 75% of patient.95% was improved and 4.6% showed mortality, reduction or stoppage of current immunosuppressives were only in 19%.