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Michigan woman dies from COVID-19 after lung transplant: study

Woman Dies Of Covid After Receiving Lung Transplant From Infected Patient

Michigan woman dies of COVID-19 after transplant from infected donor

Michigan woman dies of COVID-19 after transplant from infected donor Adam Schrader For Dailymail.Com © Provided by Daily Mail MailOnline logo A Michigan woman contracted COVID-19 and died last fall two months after a double-lung transplant, doctors have said. Researchers have suggested in a study that the woman, who was not named, is the first proven case of transmission from an organ transplant in the United States, raising questions on appropriate COVID screenings for potential donors. The researchers who conducted the study noted that one of the surgeons who handled the donor lungs was also infected, proving donor origin of recipient and health care worker infection.

Michigan woman dies of COVID-19 after receiving double-lung transplant from infected donor

The woman, who was not named, had the lungs implanted at University Hospital in Ann Arbor Dr. Daniel Richard Kaul said nose and throat samples routinely collected from organ donors and recipients tested negative for COVID-19 When the patient started presenting with septic shock, doctors decided to send samples from her lungs for coronavirus testing - which came back positive A surgeon became sick and tested positive for COVID-19 four days after handing the donor s lungs but recovered Kaul suggested in a study that health care workers perform COVID tests on samples taken from deep within donor lungs

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