mycophenolic-acid and Gram-Positive-Bacterial-Infections

mycophenolic-acid has been researched along with Gram-Positive-Bacterial-Infections* in 1 studies

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1 other study(ies) available for mycophenolic-acid and Gram-Positive-Bacterial-Infections

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Incidental COVID-19 in a heart-kidney transplant recipient with malnutrition and recurrent infections: Implications for the SARS-CoV-2 immune response.
    Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society, 2020, Volume: 22, Issue:6

    The clinical course and outcomes of immunocompromised patients, such as transplant recipients, with COVID-19 remain unclear. It has been postulated that a substantial portion of the disease burden seems to be mediated by the host immune activation to the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Herein, we present a simultaneous heart-kidney transplant (SHKT) recipient who was hospitalized for the management of respiratory failure from volume overload complicated by failure to thrive, multiple opportunistic infections, and open non-healing wounds in the setting of worsening renal dysfunction weeks prior to the first case of SARS-CoV-2 being detected in the state of Connecticut. After his third endotracheal intubation, routine nucleic acid testing (NAT) for SARS-CoV-2, in anticipation of a planned tracheostomy, was positive. His hemodynamics, respiratory status, and ventilator requirements remained stable without any worsening for 4 weeks until he had a negative NAT test. It is possible that the immunocompromised status of our patient may have prevented significant immune activation leading up to clinically significant cytokine storm that could have resulted in acute respiratory distress syndrome and multisystem organ failure.

    Topics: Antibiotics, Antineoplastic; Bacteremia; BK Virus; Cardiomyopathy, Dilated; Cardiotoxicity; COVID-19; COVID-19 Nucleic Acid Testing; Doxorubicin; Graft Rejection; Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections; Heart Transplantation; Humans; Immunocompromised Host; Immunosuppressive Agents; Incidental Findings; Kidney Failure, Chronic; Kidney Transplantation; Male; Malnutrition; Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Middle Aged; Mycophenolic Acid; Opportunistic Infections; Polyomavirus Infections; Postoperative Complications; Prednisone; Renal Dialysis; SARS-CoV-2; Staphylococcal Infections; Surgical Wound Infection; Tacrolimus; Tracheostomy; Tumor Virus Infections; Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci; Viremia; Water-Electrolyte Imbalance

2020