Short-term kidney transplant outcomes from severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 lower respiratory tract positive donors.
Jorge A Sanchez-VivaldiMadhukar S PatelJigesh A ShahBenjamin K WangJuan D Salcedo-BetancourtChristine S HwangDavid WojciechowskiRicardo M La HozParsia A VagefiPublished in: Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society (2022)
We describe the first case series of SARS-CoV-2 LRT NAT positive deceased kidney donors for vaccinated and unvaccinated recipients with excellent short-term allograft outcomes and no clinical evidence of donor-derived COVID-19 post-transplantation. Given the increasing prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in the population, utilization of SARS-CoV-2 LRT NAT positive deceased donors could be considered an acceptable source of organs for renal transplantation, especially as multi-center experiences and longer-term follow-up emerge.