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Pre- and Peri-transplant Period: Screening and Treatment of Infections in the Pretransplant Period, Donor-Derived Infection

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Unexpected Donor-Derived Infection is rare complicating less than 1% of solid organ transplants. Outcomes can be poor, however, and careful clinical and laboratory screening of donors is necessary is necessary to mitigate the impact of donor transmission of infection. This chapter will outline screening applicable to both living and deceased donors, and discuss the various categories of donor derived disease.

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  1. Department of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Clinica Luganese Moncucco, Lugano, Switzerland

    Christian Garzoni

  2. Department of Infectious Diseases, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital and University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

    Christian Garzoni

  3. Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    Daniel R. Kaul

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Garzoni, C., Kaul, D.R. (2019). Pre- and Peri-transplant Period: Screening and Treatment of Infections in the Pretransplant Period, Donor-Derived Infection. In: Manuel, O., Ison, M. (eds) Infectious Diseases in Solid-Organ Transplant Recipients. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15394-6_3

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