SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Serology Testing in a 3-Month-Old Organ Donor: A Case Report and Review of Available Literature.
Transplant Proc
; 53(8): 2435-2437, 2021 Oct.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1322367
ABSTRACT
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has become a highly prevalent infectious disease. Currently, organs are not being transplanted from donors who are SARS-CoV-2 positive. It remains unclear as to how to differentiate active from recovered patients. We report our recent experience of a 3-month-old deceased organ donor who died as the result of an anoxic brain injury after a cardiopulmonary arrest (presumed sudden infant death syndrome). The child was born to a mother presumed to have coronavirus disease 2019. The donor tested negative for SARS-CoV-2 reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction and positive for SARS-CoV-2 immunoglobulin A antibodies. We suspect this is the first known report of its kind and noteworthy for the organ donation and transplantation community.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Tissue Donors
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COVID-19
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Antibodies, Viral
Type of study:
Case report
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Diagnostic study
Limits:
Humans
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Infant
Language:
English
Journal:
Transplant Proc
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
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