Open AccessLiving donor kidney transplantation in a Covid-19-recovered donor–recipient pair: A case report
Author(s) -
Nidhi Agrawal,
Rabi Ranjan Sow Mondal,
Deepak Shankar Ray
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
indian journal of nephrology/indian journal of nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.317
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1998-3662
pISSN - 0971-4065
DOI - 10.4103/ijn.ijn_453_20
Subject(s) - medicine , immunosuppression , covid-19 , transplantation , pandemic , kidney transplantation , intensive care medicine , infectious disease (medical specialty) , immunology , disease , virology , outbreak
Deciding on proceeding with solid organ transplant in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) era is difficult both for the transplant unit and the transplant candidate. However, with no signs of the pandemic coming to an end and given the plight of patients with chronic diseases, it becomes necessary to take the challenging path. We report a case of living donor kidney transplantation in a COVID-19-recovered donor-recipient pair with a good early posttransplant outcome. Immunosuppression was used in the usual dose as per our unit's protocol. Thorough pretransplant evaluation to rule out active SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2) infection in both the donor and the recipient seems to be the key to avoid COVID-19 in the recipient and the transplant unit.