Abstract
Donor-derived infections continue to occur in spite of standard organ donor screening. These infections can be challenging to diagnose and manage for a treating physician. This article reviews the process of organ donor evaluation, limitations of current screening strategies, approach to recipient evaluation in suspected donor-derived infections, and diagnostic and management strategies of selected donor-derived infections.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 253-270 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| Journal | Infectious disease clinics of North America |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jun 2013 |
Keywords
- Disease Transmission Advisory Committee
- Donor-derived infections (DDIs)
- Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN)
- Organ donor screening
- Organ procurement organizations (OPOs)
- Potential donor-derived transmission events
- United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS)
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Microbiology (medical)
- Infectious Diseases