We present first known case of kidney transplantation from deceased donor who was retrospectively diagnosed with COVID-19.
The recipient hadn't febrile and no other symptoms of acute respiratory disease during all hospital stay. No serum anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgM, IgG were detected before and during 6 weeks after surgery.
Repeated nasopharyngeal swabs rRT-PCR were negative during all the period. The patient was discharged with normal serum creatinine and doing well with no clinical or laboratory signs of COVID-19 after 6 months.
The presented clinical cases demonstrate the possibility of non-transmission of SARS-Cov-2 with renal graft.
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