ANN ARBOR, Mich. (WJRT) – (2/21/21) – The University of Michigan School of Medicine has reported what could be the first proven case of transmission of COVID-19 through an organ transplant.
The American Journal of Transplantation survey said a woman in Ann Arbor contracted COVID-19 and died last fall after receiving an infected double lung transplant.
He said the organ donor had the virus, although there was no sign of illness and the initial test was negative.
The researchers said that three days after the operation, the recipient’s health deteriorated. They said that samples of their new lungs tested positive for COVID-19.
Doctors said a surgeon who took care of the donor’s lungs was also infected with the virus, but recovered later.
The case required more complete donor testing for lung transplantation.
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