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Kidney transplantation from a SARS‐CoV‐2‐positive donor for the recipients with immunity after COVID‐19
Author(s) -
Puodziukaite Lina,
Serpytis Mindaugas,
Kundrotaite Aurelija,
Sipylaite Jurate,
Miglinas Marius,
Janusaite Marta Monika,
Asakiene Egle,
Milisauskaite Erika,
Zelvys Arunas,
Aliancevic Oleg,
Jancoriene Ligita
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
transplant infectious disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.69
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1399-3062
pISSN - 1398-2273
DOI - 10.1111/tid.13666
Subject(s) - medicine , covid-19 , pandemic , transplantation , kidney transplantation , immunity , organ transplantation , coronavirus , betacoronavirus , intensive care medicine , immunology , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , virology , immune system , outbreak
The coronavirus (COVID‐19) pandemic is evolving very quickly and has affected healthcare systems worldwide. Many uncertainties remain about transplantation from a SARS‐CoV‐2‐positive donor as only a few cases have been reported. Here, we present the successful transplantation of 2 kidneys from a 52‐year‐old male donor with active (2 weeks of COVID‐19‐like symptoms and positive nasopharyngeal swab SARS‐CoV‐2 polymerase chain reaction on the day of organ recovery) SARS‐CoV‐2 disease. The immediate postoperative course of both recipients was uneventful. This case emphasizes that patients with SARS‐CoV‐2 may be safe organ donors.