COVID-19 Causing Infection of Transplanted Lung Allograft: A Pitfall of Prolonged Shedding of SARS-CoV-2 Pre-Transplant
COVID-19 pandemic has led to significant morbidity and mortality across the world. Lung Transplant (LT) is a viable option for a few with COVID-19 related lung disease. Who to transplant and when to transplant, has been the major question impacting the transplant community given the novelty of SARS-...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Mayo Clinic proceedings. Innovations, quality & outcomes quality & outcomes, 2023-01 |
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Zusammenfassung: | COVID-19 pandemic has led to significant morbidity and mortality across the world. Lung Transplant (LT) is a viable option for a few with COVID-19 related lung disease. Who to transplant and when to transplant, has been the major question impacting the transplant community given the novelty of SARS-CoV-2. We describe a pitfall of presumed prolonged shedding of SARS-CoV-2, in a patient with COVID-19-associated acute respiratory distress syndrome (CARDS), leading to COVID-19 pneumonia post-LT. This raise concerns that replication-competent SARS-CoV-2 virus can persist for months post-infection and can lead to re-infection of allograft in the future. |
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ISSN: | 2542-4548 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.mayocpiqo.2023.01.001 |