Comparison of Short-Term Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Recipients from SARS-CoV-2-Infected versus Noninfected Deceased Donors.
Junji YamauchiAmbreen AzharIsaac E HallAnshul BhallaVishnu S PotluriBekir TanrioverGaurav GuptaHannah ImlayCrystal TruaxVasanthi BalaramanDivya RaghavanMichael ZimmermanJeffrey CampsenGeorge RofaielTalia BakerMiklos Z MolnarPublished in: Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN (2023)
Six-month eGFR was not significantly different between recipients of kidneys from SARS-CoV-2-infected and non-infected donors. However, those receiving kidneys from donors who died from COVID-19 had significantly lower 6-month eGFR. Donor-to-recipient SARS-CoV-2 transmission was not observed.