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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
A tragic case : Organ transplant patient dies after getting Covid-infected lungs
21 Feb, 2021 06:26 PM
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A woman in Michigan contracted Covid-19 and died two months after receiving a tainted double-lung transplant from a donor who harboured the virus. Photo / Getty, File
A woman in Michigan contracted Covid-19 and died two months after receiving a tainted double-lung transplant from a donor who harboured the virus. Photo / Getty, File
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Doctors in the US say a Michigan woman died two months after receiving Covid-infected lungs during a double-lung transplant.
The donor turned out to have harboured the virus that causes Covid-19 - despite showing no signs of illness and initially testing negative.
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