Laura A Binari, Peter Thorne, Scott A Rega, Irene D Feurer, Saed Shawar, Ruchi Naik, Kelly A Birdwell, J Harold Helderman, Anthony Langone, Bonnie Ann Sarrell, Heidi Schaefer, Bernard John DuBray, Kareem Eid, Laura Hickman, David Shaffer, Beatrice P Concepcion, Rachel C Forbes
INTRODUCTION: Utilization of hepatitis C viremic (HCV+) deceased donor kidneys (DDKT) for aviremic recipients increases opportunities for transplantation with excellent short-term outcomes. Our primary aim was to understand longer-term outcomes, specifically assessing kidney and liver function in the first year posttransplant. METHODS: This was a retrospective single-center study of adult DDKT recipients of HCV+ kidneys (cases) matched 1:1 to recipients of HCV- kidneys (comparators)...
December 19, 2023: Transplant Infectious Disease: An Official Journal of the Transplantation Society