Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania.
Center of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Vilnius University Hospital Santaros Klinikos, Vilnius, Lithuania.
Transpl Infect Dis. 2021 Aug;23(4):e13666. doi: 10.1111/tid.13666. Epub 2021 Jun 22.
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.
冠状病毒(COVID-19)大流行发展非常迅速,已对全球医疗保健系统造成影响。由于仅报告了少数几例病例,因此对于来自 SARS-CoV-2 阳性供体的移植仍存在许多不确定性。在这里,我们介绍了 2 例成功移植的病例,供体为 52 岁男性,患有活动期 SARS-CoV-2 疾病(COVID-19 样症状持续 2 周,器官采集当天鼻咽拭子 SARS-CoV-2 聚合酶链反应阳性)。两名受者的术后即刻过程均无异常。此病例强调,患有 SARS-CoV-2 的患者可能是安全的器官供体。