Data regarding transmission of viral illnesses from donor organs to recipients during transplantation are lacking. A study comparing outcomes of recipients of high-risk donor kidneys with those who elected to wait for a non-high-risk kidney found that delayed graft function, serum creatinine levels, death-censored graft survival and patient survival did not differ between the two groups. No donor-related transmission of viral infection was reported. Importantly, recipients of high-risk kidneys had a significantly shorter waiting list time than recipients of non-high-risk kidneys.
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Lonze, B. E. et al. Outcomes of renal transplants from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention high-risk donors with prospective recipient viral testing: a single-center experience. Arch. Surg. 146, 1261–1266 (2011)
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Use of kidneys from donors at increased infectious risk. Nat Rev Nephrol 8, 62 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrneph.2011.200
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