Kidney transplantation from a SARS‐CoV‐2‐positive donor for the recipients with immunity after COVID‐19
Lina Puodžiukaitė, Mindaugas Šerpytis, Aurelija Kundrotaite, Jūratė Šipylaitė, Marius Miglinas, Marta Monika Janusaite, Eglė Ašakienė, Erika Milisauskaite, A. Želvys, Oleg Aliancevic, Ligita Jančorienė
Abstract
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is evolving very quickly and has affected healthcare systems worldwide. Many uncertainties remain about transplantation from a SARS-CoV-2-positive donor as only a few cases have been reported. Here, we present the successful transplantation of 2 kidneys from a 52-year-old male donor with active (2 weeks of COVID-19-like symptoms and positive nasopharyngeal swab SARS-CoV-2 polymerase chain reaction on the day of organ recovery) SARS-CoV-2 disease. The immediate postoperative course of both recipients was uneventful. This case emphasizes that patients with SARS-CoV-2 may be safe organ donors.