Table 3.
Ref. | Total No. of transplants | Age group | Date of LT procedure | No. of COVID-19 cases, n (%) | No. of deaths, n (%) |
D’Antiga[70] | 7001 | Pediatric | NS | 3 (0.04) | 0 |
Bhoori et al[71] | 151 | Adult | 111 (> 10 yr) vs 40 (< 2 yr) | 6 (3.9) | 3 (1.9)2 |
D’Antiga[70] reported the total number of pediatric patients with the liver disease treated in their institute. Seven hundred patients include 200 liver transplant recipients as well. They have not specified the 3 patients with coronavirus infectious disease-2019 (COVID-19); whether they are a transplant recipient or not is unknown.
The three transplant recipients that died due to COVID-19 were from the long-term recipient group. The graft types were not specified in both studies. No.: The number of affected individuals; COVID-19: Coronavirus infectious disease-2019.