Tag Archive for PRO/AH/EDR> Rabies – China: human, organ transplant, kidney, 2015
PRO/AH/EDR> Rabies – China: human, organ transplant, kidney, 2015
Hospital-Related Infection -- ChinaResearchers in China suspect that 2 kidney transplant recipients died after they were given organs from a deceased donor infected with rabies.Two other patients received transplanted corneas from the organ donor, a boy aged 6 years, but both survived after receiving rabies prophylaxis. The researchers said their findings -- including that the donor frequently was exposed to dogs and symptoms of the disease -- led them to the conclusion that the kidney transplant Read more [...]
