SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Serology Testing in a 3-Month-Old Organ Donor: A Case Report and Review of Available Literature.
Publication/Presentation Date
10-1-2021
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.
Volume
53
Issue
8
First Page
2435
Last Page
2437
ISSN
1873-2623
Published In/Presented At
Nelson, S., Curran, C. C., Sutcliffe, D. L., Rofaiel, G., Chang, Y. C., Easterling, L., & Wood, R. P. (2021). SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Serology Testing in a 3-Month-Old Organ Donor: A Case Report and Review of Available Literature. Transplantation proceedings, 53(8), 2435–2437. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.transproceed.2021.06.028
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
34301402
Department(s)
Department of Surgery
Document Type
Article