Early COVID-19 infection after lung transplantation

Am J Transplant . 2020 Oct;20(10):2923-2927. doi: 10.1111/ajt.16097. Epub 2020 Jun 11. Brian C Keller , Anh Le , Mahdee Sobhanie , Nora Colburn , Pamela Burcham , Justin Rosenheck , Molly Howsare , Asvin M Ganapathi , Sara A Atyia , Michael Haden , Bryan A Whitson , Nahush A Mokadam , David R Nunley PMID: 32471004 PMCID: DOI: Full text at : https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7301004/

COVID-19, the clinical syndrome caused by the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, continues to rapidly spread, leading to significant stressors on global healthcare infrastructure. The manifestations of COVID-19 in solid organ transplant recipients are only beginning to be understood with cases reported to date in transplant recipients on chronic immunosuppression. Herein, we report the first case of COVID-19 in a lung transplant recipient in the immediate posttransplant period, and we describe the epidemiologic challenges in identifying the source of infection in this unique situation.