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To date, most evidence has come from renal transplantation, with about 45 patients reported thus far, and the current data from the ERA-EDTA (ERACODA) registry for transplanted patients and patients on Renal Replacement Therapy (RRT); as for those with glomerular diseases, data are lacking. Herein, we report the case of a 62-year-old patient with severe membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis who had been receiving a high burden of immunosuppression until four months before the COVID-19 infection. He developed severe disease with acute respiratory failure requiring mechanical ventilation. After treatment with hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin, despite his low chances, he gradually recovered and survived. To the best of our knowledge, this is one of the few reported patients with glomerulonephritis who had COVID-19 Besides our single case with glomerulonephritis early during the disease outbreak, the very low prevalence of COVID-19 infection in the country\u2019s transplant recipients (0.038%) and dialysis patients (0.24%) reflects the impact of the rapid implementation of social distancing rules as well as of preventive measures for disease control in the hospitals and dialysis units in our country.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/medicina56070355","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,7,17]],"date-time":"2020-07-17T10:22:02Z","timestamp":1594981322000},"page":"355","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["A Patient with Cryoglobulinemic Membranoproliferative GN (MPGN) Who Survived COVID-19 Disease: Case Presentation and Current Data of COVID-19 Infection in Dialysis and Transplanted Patients in Greece"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"56","author":[{"given":"Smaragdi","family":"Marinaki","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Clinic of Nephrology and Renal Transplantation, Medical School, Laiko Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Stathis","family":"Tsiakas","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Clinic of Nephrology and Renal Transplantation, Medical School, Laiko Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Chrysanthi","family":"Skalioti","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Clinic of Nephrology and Renal Transplantation, Medical School, Laiko Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Panayiota","family":"Lourida","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Infectious Diseases Clinic A, Sotiria Chest Diseases Hospital, 11527 Athens, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9095-7724","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Aikaterini","family":"Argyraki","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Infectious Diseases Clinic A, Sotiria Chest Diseases Hospital, 11527 Athens, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Konstantinos","family":"Grigorakos","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Independent Researcher, 12 Protopappa Avenue, 16345 Athens, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ioannis","family":"Boletis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Clinic of Nephrology and Renal Transplantation, Medical School, Laiko Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,7,17]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Xu, J., Zhao, S., Teng, T., Abdalla, A.E., Zhu, W., Xie, L., Wang, Y., and Guo, X. 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