Early Experiences With COVID-19 Testing in Transplantation.


Journal

Transplantation direct
ISSN: 2373-8731
Titre abrégé: Transplant Direct
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101651609

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Jul 2020
Historique:
received: 06 05 2020
revised: 08 05 2020
accepted: 09 05 2020
entrez: 9 8 2020
pubmed: 9 8 2020
medline: 9 8 2020
Statut: epublish

Résumé

The early effects of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on transplantation are dramatic: >75% of kidney and liver programs are either suspended or operating under major restrictions. To resume transplantation, it is important to understand the prevalence of COVID-19 among transplant recipients, donors, and healthcare workers (HCWs) and its associated mortality. To investigate this, we studied severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 diagnostic test results among patients with end-stage renal disease or kidney transplants from the Johns Hopkins Health System (n = 235), and screening test results from deceased donors from the Southwest Transplant Alliance Organ Procurement Organization (n = 27), and donors, candidates, and HCWs from the National Kidney Registry and Viracor-Eurofins (n = 253) between February 23 and April 15, 2020. We found low rates of COVID-19 among donors and HCWs (0%-1%) who were screened, higher rates of diagnostic tests among patients with end-stage renal disease or kidney transplant (17%-20%), and considerable mortality (7%-13%) among those who tested positive. These findings suggest the threat of COVID-19 for the transplant population is significant and ongoing data collection and reporting is critical to inform transplant practices during and after the pandemic.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
The early effects of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on transplantation are dramatic: >75% of kidney and liver programs are either suspended or operating under major restrictions. To resume transplantation, it is important to understand the prevalence of COVID-19 among transplant recipients, donors, and healthcare workers (HCWs) and its associated mortality.
METHODS METHODS
To investigate this, we studied severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 diagnostic test results among patients with end-stage renal disease or kidney transplants from the Johns Hopkins Health System (n = 235), and screening test results from deceased donors from the Southwest Transplant Alliance Organ Procurement Organization (n = 27), and donors, candidates, and HCWs from the National Kidney Registry and Viracor-Eurofins (n = 253) between February 23 and April 15, 2020.
RESULTS RESULTS
We found low rates of COVID-19 among donors and HCWs (0%-1%) who were screened, higher rates of diagnostic tests among patients with end-stage renal disease or kidney transplant (17%-20%), and considerable mortality (7%-13%) among those who tested positive.
CONCLUSIONS CONCLUSIONS
These findings suggest the threat of COVID-19 for the transplant population is significant and ongoing data collection and reporting is critical to inform transplant practices during and after the pandemic.

Identifiants

pubmed: 32766427
doi: 10.1097/TXD.0000000000001024
pmc: PMC7339314
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

e572

Subventions

Organisme : NIAID NIH HHS
ID : T32 AI007291
Pays : United States
Organisme : NIDDK NIH HHS
ID : F32 DK117563
Pays : United States
Organisme : NIDDK NIH HHS
ID : K01 DK101677
Pays : United States
Organisme : NIDDK NIH HHS
ID : K23 DK115908
Pays : United States
Organisme : NIDDK NIH HHS
ID : T32 DK007713
Pays : United States
Organisme : NIDDK NIH HHS
ID : K24 DK101828
Pays : United States
Organisme : NHLBI NIH HHS
ID : T32 HL007055
Pays : United States
Organisme : NIDDK NIH HHS
ID : F32 DK113719
Pays : United States

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2020 The Author(s). Transplantation Direct. Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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Auteurs

Brian J Boyarsky (BJ)

Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.

Allan B Massie (AB)

Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD.

Arthur D Love (AD)

Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.

William A Werbel (WA)

Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.

Christine M Durand (CM)

Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.

Robin K Avery (RK)

Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.

Kyle R Jackson (KR)

Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.

Amber B Kernodle (AB)

Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.

Alvin G Thomas (AG)

Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.

Matthew Ronin (M)

National Kidney Registry, Babylon, NY.

Michelle Altrich (M)

Viracor Eurofins, Lee's Summit, MO.

Patricia Niles (P)

Southwest Transplant Alliance, Dallas, TX.

Chad Trahan (C)

Southwest Transplant Alliance, Dallas, TX.

Jonathan Hewlett (J)

Southwest Transplant Alliance, Dallas, TX.

Dorry L Segev (DL)

Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD.

Jacqueline M Garonzik-Wang (JM)

Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.

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