Successful double-lung transplantation from a donor previously infected with SARS-CoV-2

Laurens J Ceulemans; Jan Van Slambrouck; Paul De Leyn; Herbert Decaluwé; Hans Van Veer; Lieven Depypere; Vincent Ceuterick; Stijn E Verleden; Arno Vanstapel; Stefanie Desmet; Piet Maes; Marc Van Ranst; Piet Lormans; Geert Meyfroidt; Arne P Neyrinck; Bart M Vanaudenaerde; Eric Van Wijngaerden; Saskia Bos; Laurent Godinas; Peter Carmeliet; Geert M Verleden; Dirk E Van Raemdonck; Robin Vos

doi:10.1016/S2213-2600(20)30524-5

Successful double-lung transplantation from a donor previously infected with SARS-CoV-2

Lancet Respir Med. 2021 Mar;9(3):315-318. doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(20)30524-5. Epub 2020 Dec 1.

Authors

Laurens J Ceulemans¹, Jan Van Slambrouck², Paul De Leyn², Herbert Decaluwé², Hans Van Veer², Lieven Depypere², Vincent Ceuterick³, Stijn E Verleden⁴, Arno Vanstapel⁵, Stefanie Desmet⁶, Piet Maes⁷, Marc Van Ranst⁷, Piet Lormans⁸, Geert Meyfroidt⁹, Arne P Neyrinck¹⁰, Bart M Vanaudenaerde⁴, Eric Van Wijngaerden¹¹, Saskia Bos¹², Laurent Godinas¹³, Peter Carmeliet¹⁴, Geert M Verleden¹³, Dirk E Van Raemdonck², Robin Vos¹³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Department of Chronic Diseases and Metabolism, Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases and Thoracic Surgery (BREATHE), Lung Transplant Unit, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Department of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Department of Chronic Diseases and Metabolism, Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases and Thoracic Surgery (BREATHE), Lung Transplant Unit, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
³ Department of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
⁴ Department of Chronic Diseases and Metabolism, Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases and Thoracic Surgery (BREATHE), Lung Transplant Unit, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
⁵ Department of Chronic Diseases and Metabolism, Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases and Thoracic Surgery (BREATHE), Lung Transplant Unit, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Department of Imaging and Pathology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
⁶ Department of Laboratory Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
⁷ Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Clinical and Epidemiological Virology Division, Rega Institute, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
⁸ Department of Intensive Care Medicine, General Hospital AZ Delta, Roeselare, Belgium.
⁹ Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
¹⁰ Department of Anaesthesiology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
¹¹ Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Lab for Clinical Infectious and Inflammatory Disorders, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
¹² Department of Respiratory Diseases, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
¹³ Department of Respiratory Diseases, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Department of Chronic Diseases and Metabolism, Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases and Thoracic Surgery (BREATHE), Lung Transplant Unit, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
¹⁴ Laboratory of Angiogenesis and Vascular Metabolism, Center for Cancer Biology, VIB, Department of Oncology, Leuven Cancer Institute, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aged
COVID-19*
Female
Humans
Lung / virology*
Lung Transplantation / methods*
Middle Aged
SARS-CoV-2*
Tissue Donors / statistics & numerical data
Transplants / virology*