Sophie Seine Xuan Tan, Samsudin Bin Nordin, Chee-Kiat Tan, Thuan Tong Tan, Shimin Jasmine Chung, Kian Sing Chan, Ban Hock Tan
{"title":"Donor-derived dengue infections - A review of screening protocol and outcomes in an endemic country.","authors":"Sophie Seine Xuan Tan, Samsudin Bin Nordin, Chee-Kiat Tan, Thuan Tong Tan, Shimin Jasmine Chung, Kian Sing Chan, Ban Hock Tan","doi":"10.1111/tid.14356","DOIUrl":"10.1111/tid.14356","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Donor-derived dengue infections present significant challenges to organ transplantation, particularly in endemic regions like Singapore. Although primarily transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes, dengue can also be transmitted through organ transplantation, occasionally with fatal outcomes. This study aims to evaluate the outcomes and evolution of dengue screening protocols for potential deceased donors in Singapore from 2006 to 2022.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Initially, screening was done via dengue immunoglobulin M (IgM), targeting donors with specific clinical criteria (thrombocytopenia, drop in platelet count, prolonged prothrombin time/partial thromboplastin time, and discretion of the transplant team), later transitioning to blood dengue reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) in 2007 with similar criteria, and subsequently universal screening in 2016. In 2021, urine dengue RT-PCR was added following a case of donor-derived dengue infection from an aviremic but viruric donor.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Out of 431 potential deceased donors, 395 (91.6%) underwent dengue screening, with six (1.5%) testing positive for dengue. In 2006, three positive screens were identified: two through dengue IgM and one via blood dengue RT-PCR; subsequent years saw one positive screen each in 2007, 2008, and 2019 via blood dengue RT-PCR. Potential deceased donors with a positive blood dengue screen were rejected as solid organ and tissue donors. Those with negative blood dengue RT-PCR but positive urine dengue RT-PCR would be rejected as kidney donors, but the use of other organs and tissues was at the discretion of the transplantation team.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The optimal screening protocol remains uncertain, but our findings suggest that a universal screening strategy utilizing both blood and urine dengue RT-PCR could be considered in dengue-endemic countries.</p>","PeriodicalId":23318,"journal":{"name":"Transplant Infectious Disease","volume":" ","pages":"e14356"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141989006","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Impact of blood donation biovigilance and transfusion-transmitted infections on organ transplantation.","authors":"Adam G Stewart, Camille Nelson Kotton","doi":"10.1111/tid.14324","DOIUrl":"10.1111/tid.14324","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Over 118 million blood donations are collected globally each year. Recipients of blood products include those who experience major trauma or surgery, have acute blood loss and anemia, or impaired bone marrow function. Solid organ transplant recipients often require transfusion of blood products which places them at risk of transfusion-associated adverse events including transfusion-transmitted infection. National hemovigilance networks have documented low rates of transfusion-transmitted infection in the general population. Incidence transfusion-transmitted infection continues to occur in solid organ transplant patients and arises mainly from existing gaps in blood donor biovigilance processes. Emerging infectious diseases have highlighted existing gaps in the donor-recipient pathway to administering safe blood products. This article reviews the current process and regulatory oversight of blood donor biovigilance, including donor screening and microbiological testing, highlights cases of transfusion-transmitted infection documented in the literature, and addresses ways in which biovigilance may be improved, with a focus on the impact of solid organ transplantation.</p>","PeriodicalId":23318,"journal":{"name":"Transplant Infectious Disease","volume":" ","pages":"e14324"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141459514","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ana Paula Barreiros, Klaus Böhler, Kerstin Mönch, Carl-Ludwig Fischer-Fröhlich, Axel Rahmel
{"title":"Perspectives on donor-derived infections from Germany.","authors":"Ana Paula Barreiros, Klaus Böhler, Kerstin Mönch, Carl-Ludwig Fischer-Fröhlich, Axel Rahmel","doi":"10.1111/tid.14372","DOIUrl":"10.1111/tid.14372","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>Often, organ transplantation is the only option to improve the life expectancy and quality of life of patients with terminal organ failure. Despite improved donor and organ assessment, a residual risk remains for transmitting infection, tumor, or other disease from the donor to recipients. Analysis, reporting, and managing of donor-derived diseases through a vigilance and surveillance system (V&S) is mandatory in many countries. We report on suspected and proven/probable donor-derived infections (DDI) in Germany over a period of 8 years (2016-2023).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>All incoming serious-adverse-event and serious-adverse-reaction (SAE/SAR) reports from 01.01.2016 to 31.12.2023 were evaluated for suspected DDI. Analysis of imputability followed the definition of the US Disease Transmission Advisory Committee (DTAC). Only probable and proven cases according to DTAC classification were defined as DDI.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>During the study period, 9771 donors in Germany donated post-mortem organs to 27 919 recipients. In that period 612 SAE/SAR cases were reported, 377 (62%) involved infections. 41 cases were proven/probable DDI affecting 58 recipients (seven recipients died, 12%). Suspected infections were bacterial (182/377, 48%), fungal (135/377, 36%), viral (55/377, 15%), and parasitic (5/377, 1%). In case of bacterial DDI, no recipient died, but organ loss occurred in six recipients. In case of fungal or viral DDI, 19% (3/16) and 21% (3/14) of the recipients died, respectively.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>DDI are rare in solid organ transplantation (58/27 919, 0.21%), but when they occur, they are associated with high morbidity and mortality in affected recipients. Careful and detailed donor evaluation and a reliable V&S help improve recipient safety.</p>","PeriodicalId":23318,"journal":{"name":"Transplant Infectious Disease","volume":" ","pages":"e14372"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142296426","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Reem Alameer, Yamama Aljishi, Ahmed Alhammadi, Yasar Bayindir, Reem S Almaghrabi
{"title":"Organ vigilance in the Middle East: Challenges and prospects.","authors":"Reem Alameer, Yamama Aljishi, Ahmed Alhammadi, Yasar Bayindir, Reem S Almaghrabi","doi":"10.1111/tid.14392","DOIUrl":"10.1111/tid.14392","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Middle East presents a complex landscape for organ transplantation, marked by diversity yet hindered by challenges. Countries such as Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Iran have made significant advancements, particularly in living donor kidney transplants. The editorial aims to critically evaluate the current state of organ transplantation in the Middle East, focusing on the progress made by key countries like Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Iran, while also addressing the ongoing challenges that hinder comprehensive organ donation systems. It seeks to highlight the necessity for a unified approach that includes coordinated policy implementation, enhanced data-sharing mechanisms, increased public awareness, and sustainable funding. Ultimately, the editorial advocates for the establishment of a digital platform to streamline organ transplant procedures and promote equitable healthcare across the region.</p>","PeriodicalId":23318,"journal":{"name":"Transplant Infectious Disease","volume":" ","pages":"e14392"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142606304","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Paolo Antonio Grossi, Letizia Lombardini, Raffaele Donadio, Daniela Peritore, Giuseppe Feltrin
{"title":"Perspective on donor-derived infections in Italy.","authors":"Paolo Antonio Grossi, Letizia Lombardini, Raffaele Donadio, Daniela Peritore, Giuseppe Feltrin","doi":"10.1111/tid.14398","DOIUrl":"10.1111/tid.14398","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Expected and unexpected donor-derived infections (DDI) are a rare event in solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients but are potentially associated with significant morbidity and mortality. To assure the microbial safety of transplantation, both national guidelines and the current, regional, and local epidemiology of infectious diseases must be considered.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In the present paper the strategies adopted by the Italian National Center for Transplantation (CNT) since 2003 and their evolution to guarantee the safety of organ transplantation are reported. Starting in 2012 mandatory reporting to the CNT of all adverse reactions was started. The number and type of DDI reported to the CNT are currently being analyzed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The infectious diseases second opinion has written and updated the guidelines on the safety of organs for transplantation and supported the Italian transplant network for the use of organs from donors with suspected or documented potentially transmissible infections.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>A transplant safety network was developed in Italy in 2003 and has been updated according to the evolving knowledge and the changing epidemiology. This is an evolving field, and a continuous update of the recommendation is needed.</p>","PeriodicalId":23318,"journal":{"name":"Transplant Infectious Disease","volume":" ","pages":"e14398"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11578278/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142475774","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lara Danziger-Isakov, Ricardo M La Hoz, Cameron R Wolfe, Emily A Blumberg
{"title":"Donor-derived infections in the United States: Opportunities to learn from the Disease Transmission Advisory Committee's experience.","authors":"Lara Danziger-Isakov, Ricardo M La Hoz, Cameron R Wolfe, Emily A Blumberg","doi":"10.1111/tid.14316","DOIUrl":"10.1111/tid.14316","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Disease Transmission Advisory Committee (DTAC) of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network focuses on issues related to the transmission of disease through organ transplantation. Providing a review of potential cases of transmission, translating aggregate data into actionable education and guidance for the transplant community, and providing input for policy development, DTAC aims to improve the safety of organ transplantation through a reduction in donor-derived transmission events. Through its nearly 20-year history, DTAC has provided education, guidance, and policy, addressed numerous emerging infections, and continuously focused on the community's understanding of risk assessment related to donor-derived transmission. By updating the DTAC mission to both decrease transmission and safely expand the donor pool with additional guidance to safely use organs previously not considered for transplantation due to transmission concerns, the Committee's role will remain critical.</p>","PeriodicalId":23318,"journal":{"name":"Transplant Infectious Disease","volume":" ","pages":"e14316"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141331858","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Minding the gap: How transplant infectious disease can help close the organ donation gap.","authors":"Rachel Sigler, Nancy Law","doi":"10.1111/tid.14383","DOIUrl":"10.1111/tid.14383","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This paper is an educationally focused article discussing how transplant infectious diseases (TID) providers balance the risks of accepting or rejecting an organ and have pushed barriers in organ transplantation. We emphasize the role TID providers play in the transplantation process as critical players on the transplant team. We discuss various donor-derived infections that were previously deemed unacceptable for donation due to concerns for transmission. Advances in medical knowledge have changed some of these situations. We discuss the critical role TID providers have in closing the gap between the thousands of patients on organ waitlists and the organ deficit faced each day. We believe TID providers have a unique opportunity to expand the donor pool by increasing education, expanding acceptable organ definitions, and expanding the boundaries of what we can do with potentially transmissible infections in organ transplantation.</p>","PeriodicalId":23318,"journal":{"name":"Transplant Infectious Disease","volume":" ","pages":"e14383"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142354588","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Clinical approach to donor-derived infection in solid organ transplant recipients.","authors":"Varun K Phadke","doi":"10.1111/tid.14344","DOIUrl":"10.1111/tid.14344","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Donor-derived infection is an uncommon but potentially devastating complication of solid organ transplantation (SOT). Accurate and timely identification of unexpected infectious disease transmission events has implications not only for the recipient(s) experiencing infection, but also other recipients of organs or tissues from the same donor who may require additional testing or risk mitigation, as well as the broader organ transplant regulatory framework. This narrative review synthesizes data from published reports of symptomatic unexpected donor-derived infections in SOT recipients to provide clinicians with a systematic approach to the evaluation of undifferentiated illnesses that may be of donor origin. Key reasons to consider donor-derived infection include certain microbiologically proven infections in the recipient, especially early after transplant, characteristics of the donor or their management that suggest potential exposure to or infection with specific pathogens prior to organ procurement, and select clinical syndromes that occur in the post-transplant period. Syndromes for which expedited consideration and evaluation of donor-derived infection may be warranted include central nervous system infection, graft or perigraft complications developing in the absence of typical risk factors, and unexplained critical illness/sepsis syndrome in the early post-transplant period. When embarking on an investigation of a suspected donor-derived infection, clinicians should apply knowledge of the entire continuum of the organ procurement and transplant process to ensure unbiased and comprehensive data collection that will facilitate appropriate adjudication of these uncommon but high-consequence events.</p>","PeriodicalId":23318,"journal":{"name":"Transplant Infectious Disease","volume":" ","pages":"e14344"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141621015","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Antimicrobial stewardship for organ donors: Importance, current practice, and challenges.","authors":"Miranda So","doi":"10.1111/tid.14385","DOIUrl":"10.1111/tid.14385","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23318,"journal":{"name":"Transplant Infectious Disease","volume":" ","pages":"e14385"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142354586","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Carl-Ludwig Fischer-Fröhlich, Paolo Grossi, Axel Rahmel, Ana-Paula Barreiros
{"title":"Risk and benefits of expanded donor screening: A viewpoint from Germany.","authors":"Carl-Ludwig Fischer-Fröhlich, Paolo Grossi, Axel Rahmel, Ana-Paula Barreiros","doi":"10.1111/tid.14384","DOIUrl":"10.1111/tid.14384","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This review describes the risks and benefits of expanding screening for transmissible pathogens in deceased organ donors. The focus is on the experience and procedure in Germany to make a decision on how to proceed with a possible donor. Three issues are of interest in how screening policies impact the process with the aim of mitigating unexpected transmission risks: (1) Should we add universal or targeted nucleic acid testing to serological tests for common blood-borne viruses (BBVs; HIV, HBV, and HCV)? (2) Which tests should be added for screening in a geographically restricted region beyond testing for these BBVs? (3) Being faced with changes (e.g., climate and population) in the own geographically restricted region, what strategies are needed before implementing new tests, and which considerations apply for proper indication to do this? Testing may only be effective when during donor characterization the appropriate conclusions are drawn from the existing findings and screening tests are initiated. This statement overlaps the need to implement universal screening for a pathogen or targeted screening based on the risk that the donor has acquired the transmissible pathogen or is not as possible to identify by current methods of clinical judgment and/or specific tests.</p>","PeriodicalId":23318,"journal":{"name":"Transplant Infectious Disease","volume":" ","pages":"e14384"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142378254","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}