Hepatitis B core antibody‐positive donors in cardiac transplantation: a single‐center experience |
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| Authors: | JL Horan JE Stout BD Alexander |
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| Institution: | Department of Medicine/Infectious Diseases, Duke University Medical Center, , Durham, North Carolina, USA |
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| Abstract: | Hepatitis B virus (HBV) core antibody (HBcAb)‐positive donors are increasingly utilized in solid organ transplantation. We report a single center's experience in cardiac transplantation with 18 HBcAb‐positive donors. Available follow‐up on recipients of cardiac allografts from HBcAb‐positive donors, including 2 donors with low‐level serum HBV DNA at the time of transplantation, demonstrated no documented donor‐derived HBV transmission. |
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| Keywords: | cardiac transplantation hepatitis B virus donor‐derived infections |
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