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authors: Villanego, Florentino; Vigara, Luis Alberto; Montero, María Elisa; García, Teresa; Peñate‐Garrido, Juan Manuel; Mazuecos, Auxiliadora
title: Kidney transplant with positive SARS‐CoV‐2 PCR: An avoidable risk
date: 2021-05-24
journal: Am J Transplant
DOI: 10.1111/ajt.16629
sha: 9d63c2e6a012fa06d65f0e77e9a53de0dd4044fd
doc_id: 1023229
cord_uid: 4pfeqkc4

We read with interest the paper published by Murad et al. (1), which has raised some issues that we would like to discuss. We reported the first case in Spain of a kidney transplant (KT) recipient who developed COVID-19 before KT. Once the infection had resolved and the PCR was negative, he was included on the waiting list and transplanted three months later (2). Four more KT recipients with a previous history of SARS-CoV-2 infection have been described.

To the Editor:

We read with interest the paper published by Murad et al., 1 which has raised some issues that we would like to discuss.

We reported the first case in Spain of a kidney transplant (KT) recipient who developed COVID-19 before KT. Once the infection had resolved and the PCR was negative, he was included on the waiting list and transplanted 3 months later. 2 Four more KT recipients with a previous history of SARS-CoV-2 infection have been described. In most cases, including our patient, several consecutive negative PCRs were required before KT, and, in all, a negative result was provided immediately prior to the procedure. 2 

Repeat SARS-CoV-2 testing after recovery. Is a pre-transplant PCR necessary?

SARS-CoV-2 infection on the kidney transplant waiting list: can a patient be transplanted after COVID-19?

Successful orthotopic liver transplantation in a patient with a positive SARS-CoV2 test and acute liver failure secondary to acetaminophen overdose

Ct value is not enough to discriminate patients harbouring infective virus

COVID-19 in transplant recipients: the Spanish experience

The authors of this manuscript have no conflicts of interest to disclose as described by the American Journal of Transplantation.