COVID-19 pandemic: Its impact on liver disease and liver transplantation

Table 4 Summary of single case reports of coronavirus infectious disease-2019 in liver transplant recipients

Ref.	Sex	Age	LT date	Type of LT	Etiology	Duration before diagnosis (d)	Severity of COVID-19	Outcome	Time to outcome (d)
Huang et al[72]	M	59	2017	NS	HBV+HCC	3	Severe	Died	45
Liu et al[73]	M	50	2017	DDLT	HBV	6	Severe	Recovered	38
Qin et al[74]	M	37	2019	NS	HBV+HCC	9	Mild	Recovered	53
Lagana et al[75]	F	0.5	2020	LDLT	Biliary atresia	01	Severe	Recovered	NS2

¹Lagana and colleagues have reported a pediatric living donor-recipient who contracted the virus from the donor (mother of the patient). The donor was tested positive on post-transplant day 2 and the patient was diagnosed on postoperative day 4 due to difficulty in breathing.

²The patient was still hospitalized with very minor respiratory symptoms. LT: Liver transplant; DDLT: Deceased donor liver transplant; LDLT: living donor liver transplantation; HBV: hepatitis B virus; HCC: hepatocellular carcinoma; M: Male; F: Female; NS: Not specified; COVID-19: Coronavirus infectious disease-2019.