Heart and liver transplant recipients from donor with positive SARS‐CoV‐2 RT‐PCR at time of transplantation
Sofía de la Villa, Maricela Valerio, Magdalena Salcedo, Carlos Ortiz‐Bautista, Pilar Catalán, Belén Padilla, M Ponce Romero, Zorba Blázquez‐Bermejo, Álvaro Pedraz, José Ángel López‐Baena, Javier Hortal, Emilio Bouza, Roberto Alonso, Patricia Muñóz
Abstract
To the editor At present, there is unclear evidence on the need for a negative severe acute respiratory syndrome coronovirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) real time-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) for donors with a history of COVID-19 prior to transplantation. 1,2 We report two cases of heart and liver transplant recipients from a donor with previous documented COVID-19 and positive RT-PCR at time of transplantation.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)2019-20 coronavirus outbreakTransplantationLiver transplantationHeart transplantationBetacoronavirusVirologyImmunologyInternal medicineInfectious disease (medical specialty)DiseaseOutbreakSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchSARS-CoV-2 detection and testingCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies