Monoclonal Antibody Therapy for SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Case Series From Belgium

Guillaume Fernandes¹, Arnaud Devresse^{1

2}, Anais Scohy³, Jean Cyr Yombi^{2

4}, Leila Belkhir^{2

4}, Julien De Greef^{2

4}, Tom Darius^{2

5}, Antoine Buemi^{2

5}, Benoit Kabamba^{2

3}, Eric Goffin^{1

2}, Nada Kanaan^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Nephrology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium.
² Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
³ Department of Microbiology, Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium.
⁴ Department of Internal Medicine and Infectious Disease, Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium.
⁵ Department of Abdominal Surgery and Kidney Transplantation, Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium.

Guillaume Fernandes et al. Transplantation. 2022.

. 2022 Jan 1;106(1):e107-e108.

doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000003974.

¹ Department of Nephrology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium.
² Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
³ Department of Microbiology, Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium.
⁴ Department of Internal Medicine and Infectious Disease, Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium.
⁵ Department of Abdominal Surgery and Kidney Transplantation, Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium.

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