By Christina Frangou
Originally published by our sister publication, General Surgery News
A woman contracted COVID-19 and died 61 days after receiving a double lung transplant from a donor who harbored the SARS-CoV-2 virus, according to a case report published in the American Journal of Transplantation (2021 Feb 10. doi.org/ 10.1111/ ajt.16532).
This is the only confirmed case of COVID-19 transmitted via organ transplant, according to the authors.
A thoracic surgeon who handled the donor lungs and