Coronavirus Disease 2019 Causing Infection of Transplanted Lung Allograft: A Pitfall of Prolonged Shedding of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 Pretransplant
oleh: Sadia Z. Shah, MD, MBA, Francisco G. Alvarez, MD, Devang K. Sanghavi, MD, Pablo Moreno Franco, MD, Shahin Isha, MBBS, Christopher P. Marquez, MD, Claudia Libertin, MD, Pramod K. Guru, MBBS, MD, Basar Sareyyupoglu, MD, Si M. Pham, MD
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| Diterbitkan: | Elsevier 2023-04-01 |
Deskripsi
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has led to considerable morbidity and mortality across the world. Lung transplant is a viable option for a few with COVID-19–related lung disease. Whom and when to transplant has been the major question impacting the transplant community given the novelty of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (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 leading to COVID-19 pneumonia after lung transplant. This raises concerns that replication-competent SARS-CoV-2 virus can persist for months post-infection and can lead to re-infection of grafts in the future.