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Transplantation of organs from SARS-CoV-2-positive donors: Preliminary experience from Spain.

Patricia Montiel VillalongaItzíar Martínez-AlpuenteMario Fernández-RuizÓscar LenMarta BodroIbai Los ArcosJosé MoyaBraulio de la CalleManuela Cid-CumplidoGerard Sánchez-EtayoAna ÁvilaGabriel Moreno-GonzálezElisabeth CollBeatriz Domínguez-Gil
Published in: Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society (2023)
This preliminary experience supports the safety of the use of organs other than lungs from SARS-CoV-2 PCR-positive donors, in alignment with previous series. However, the impact of SARS-CoV-2 infection upon organ quality should be established in future research.
Keyphrases
  • sars cov
  • respiratory syndrome coronavirus
  • kidney transplantation
  • mesenchymal stem cells