Transplantation of HCV-infected organs into uninfected recipients: Advance with caution

Hani M Wadei; Surakit Pungpapong; Cherise Cortese; Mariam P Alexander; Andrew P Keaveny; Liu Yang; C Burcin Taner; Kristopher P Croome

doi:10.1111/ajt.15152

Transplantation of HCV-infected organs into uninfected recipients: Advance with caution

Am J Transplant. 2019 Mar;19(3):960-961. doi: 10.1111/ajt.15152. Epub 2018 Nov 26.

Authors

Hani M Wadei¹, Surakit Pungpapong¹, Cherise Cortese², Mariam P Alexander³, Andrew P Keaveny¹, Liu Yang¹, C Burcin Taner¹, Kristopher P Croome¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Transplant, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida.
² Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida.
³ Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.

PMID: 30372586
DOI: 10.1111/ajt.15152

No abstract available

Keywords: clinical research/practice; complication: infectious; infection and infectious agents - viral: hepatitis C; kidney transplantation/nephrology; liver transplantation/hepatology.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Antiviral Agents / therapeutic use*
Hepacivirus / drug effects
Hepacivirus / physiology
Hepatitis C / drug therapy*
Hepatitis C / transmission
Hepatitis C / virology
Humans
Liver Transplantation / methods*
Male
Middle Aged
Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease / drug therapy
Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease / pathology
Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease / surgery*
Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease / virology
Prognosis
Tissue Donors / supply & distribution*
Transplant Recipients

Substances

Antiviral Agents