Abstract

SALAMANCA, Alejandro Camargo et al. Minimal change disease as an initial clinical feature of COVID-19 infection in a Latin-American kidney transplant patient. Rev. nefrol. dial. traspl. [online]. 2021, vol.41, n.2, pp.51-60. ISSN 2346-8548.

COVID-19 disease is a systemic infection associated with renal damage leading to acute kidney injury with acute tubular necrosis and several types of podocytopathies. We report a clinical case in a kidney transplant patient diagnosed with COVID-19 disease, acute kidney injury and nephrotic syndrome. SARS-CoV 2 PCR results in nasal swab was positive and kidney was negative. Renal histopathologic findings described minimal change disease. So far, this case is the first clinical report of minimal change disease associated to COVID-19 in a kidney transplant patient.

Keywords : renal transplant; COVID-19; coronavirus; SARS-CoV-2; severe acute respiratory syndrome; acute kidney injury; minimal change disease.

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