A case of coronavirus disease 2019-infected liver transplant donor

Am J Transplant. 2020 Oct;20(10):2938-2941. doi: 10.1111/ajt.15997. Epub 2020 Jul 18.

Abstract

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a novel infectious disease that continues to spread on a global scale. There has been growing concern about donor-derived transmissions of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Herein, we present the case of a patient who underwent ABO-incompatible living donor liver transplantation without knowing that the liver donor was infected with COVID-19 during the donation procedure. In this case, the donor-derived transmission to the recipient was not identified, and the liver donor was found to be recovering from a COVID-19 infection. The donor-derived transmission was not identified.

Keywords: COVID-19; liver transplantation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Betacoronavirus*
  • Biopsy
  • COVID-19
  • Coronavirus Infections / diagnosis*
  • Coronavirus Infections / transmission
  • Disease Transmission, Infectious*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Liver / pathology*
  • Liver Transplantation / adverse effects*
  • Living Donors*
  • Middle Aged
  • Pandemics
  • Pneumonia, Viral / diagnosis*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / transmission
  • SARS-CoV-2