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Enhancing Transplant Safety: A New Era in the Microbiologic Evaluation of Organ Donors?
Author(s) -
Fishman J. A.,
Greenwald M. A.,
Kuehnert M. J.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
american journal of transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.89
H-Index - 188
eISSN - 1600-6143
pISSN - 1600-6135
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2007.02023.x
Subject(s) - medicine , organ transplantation , immunosuppression , transplantation , transmission (telecommunications) , infectious disease (medical specialty) , intensive care medicine , disease transmission , disease , immunology , pathology , surgery , virology , electrical engineering , engineering
Transmission of infectious diseases via allograft transplantation remains uncommon. Enhanced microbiological screening of organ donors and improved and open reporting of possible transmission events will enhance the safety of organ and tissue transplantation. See also article by Yao et al in this issue on page 2723.