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Editor, Senior Moderator
Transpl Int. 2011 Sep 29. doi: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2011.01342.x. [Epub ahead of print]
Transplantation of solid organs procured from influenza A H1N1 infected donors.
Cockbain AJ, Jacob M, Ecuyer C, Hostert L, Ahmad N.
Source
Department of Transplantation, Division of Surgery, St James' University Hospital, Leeds, UK.
Abstract
Following the influenza A H1N1 (swine flu) pandemic, there remains little evidence informing the safety of transplanting organs from donors suspected or diagnosed with H1N1. Limited guidelines from the major transplant societies leave the use of such organs at the discretion of individual transplant centres, and practice varies considerably both nationally and internationally. We present the largest published series of outcome following transplantation of organs from H1N1 positive donors and demonstrate that these organs can be transplanted safely and with good short-term outcome. We discuss our local policy for treatment of recipients with Oseltamivir.
? 2011 The Authors. Transplant International ? 2011 European Society for Organ Transplantation.
PMID:
21954984
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21954984
Transplantation of solid organs procured from influenza A H1N1 infected donors.
Cockbain AJ, Jacob M, Ecuyer C, Hostert L, Ahmad N.
Source
Department of Transplantation, Division of Surgery, St James' University Hospital, Leeds, UK.
Abstract
Following the influenza A H1N1 (swine flu) pandemic, there remains little evidence informing the safety of transplanting organs from donors suspected or diagnosed with H1N1. Limited guidelines from the major transplant societies leave the use of such organs at the discretion of individual transplant centres, and practice varies considerably both nationally and internationally. We present the largest published series of outcome following transplantation of organs from H1N1 positive donors and demonstrate that these organs can be transplanted safely and with good short-term outcome. We discuss our local policy for treatment of recipients with Oseltamivir.
? 2011 The Authors. Transplant International ? 2011 European Society for Organ Transplantation.
PMID:
21954984
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21954984