Successful transplantation of organs from a deceased donor with early SARS-CoV-2 infection

Abhay Dhand; Alan Gass; Seigo Nishida; Masashi Kai; Karen Berger; David Wolf; Suguru Ohira; Hiroshi Sogawa; Leslie Lee; Edward Lebovics; Chad Ezzell; Thomas Diflo; David Spielvogel; Rifat Latifi; Amy L Friedman

doi:10.1111/ajt.16706

Successful transplantation of organs from a deceased donor with early SARS-CoV-2 infection

Am J Transplant. 2021 Nov;21(11):3804-3805. doi: 10.1111/ajt.16706. Epub 2021 Jun 19.

Authors

Abhay Dhand^{1

2}, Alan Gass³, Seigo Nishida², Masashi Kai², Karen Berger², David Wolf^{1

2}, Suguru Ohira², Hiroshi Sogawa², Leslie Lee^{1

4}, Edward Lebovics¹, Chad Ezzell⁵, Thomas Diflo², David Spielvogel², Rifat Latifi², Amy L Friedman⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Westchester Medical Center/New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York.
² Department of Surgery, Westchester Medical Center/New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York.
³ Department of Cardiology, Westchester Medical Center/New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York.
⁴ Department of Pharmacy, Westchester Medical Center/New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York.
⁵ LiveOnNY, New York, New York.

No abstract available

Keywords: clinical research/practice; donors and donation: deceased; donors and donation: donor-derived infections; infection and infectious agents - viral; infectious disease; organ acceptance; organ allocation; organ procurement and allocation.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
COVID-19*
Humans
Male
Organ Transplantation*
SARS-CoV-2
Tissue Donors
Tissue and Organ Procurement*