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. 2022 Jun 23;9(6):ofac076.
doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofac076. eCollection 2022 Jun.

Nationwide Implementation of Nonpharmaceutical Interventions During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic Is Associated With Decreased Incidence of Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia in Kidney Transplant Recipients

Keun Hyung Park  1 , Chan-Young Jung  1 , Wonjeong Jeong  2 , Gongmyung Lee  1 , Jae Seok Yang  1 , Chung Mo Nam  3 , Hyung Woo Kim  1 , Beom Seok Kim  1
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Nationwide Implementation of Nonpharmaceutical Interventions During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic Is Associated With Decreased Incidence of Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia in Kidney Transplant Recipients

Keun Hyung Park et al. Open Forum Infect Dis. .

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the impact of nationwide nonpharmaceutical interventions against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on the incidence of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PCP) in kidney transplant recipients. The monthly incidence of PCP during the COVID-19 period decreased significantly compared to that of the pre-COVID-19 period in kidney transplant recipients.

Keywords: COVID-19; Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia; kidney transplant recipients; nonpharmaceutical interventions.

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Trends of monthly Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PCP) incidence. Regression models were adjusted for age, sex, number of hospitalizations, seasonality, type of immunosuppressive agent, and days after kidney transplantation.
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