A New Viral Coinfection: SARS-CoV-2 Pneumonia and Cytomegalovirus Pneumonitis in a Renal Transplant Recipient

Abdullah S. Shaikh; Hila Shaim; Maria A. Caravedo; Karen M. Ong; David Reynoso

doi:10.3390/covid1010010

A New Viral Coinfection: SARS-CoV-2 Pneumonia and Cytomegalovirus Pneumonitis in a Renal Transplant Recipient

Abdullah S. Shaikh, Hila Shaim, Maria A. Caravedo, Karen M. Ong, David Reynoso

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Abstract

SARS-CoV-2 has caused a global pandemic of an acute respiratory illness known as COVID-19. Patients with solid organ transplants receiving chronic immunosuppressive therapy are at risk of severe disease caused by opportunistic pathogens, including cytomegalovirus (CMV). We present the case of a renal transplant recipient presenting with hypoxic respiratory failure because of severe COVID-19, whose course was complicated by ganciclovir-resistant CMV pneumonitis.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	115-119
Number of pages	5
Journal	COVID
Volume	1
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/covid1010010
State	Published - Sep 2021
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

CMV
COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2
cytomegalovirus
kidney
transplant

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Immunology and Microbiology (miscellaneous)
Medicine (miscellaneous)
Infectious Diseases

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