A CDC report published Thursday has documented the first time transplanted organs likely led to Legionnaires' after two lung transplant recipients contracted the disease.
September 14, 2023, 1:00 PMSTOCK PHOTO/Science Photo Library/Getty Imagesfrom transplanted organs have been identified in a new report.
His organs were recovered for donation within seven days of his death. At the time, exposure to Legionella bacteria was not suspected and no testing occurred, the CDC said. The second patient, a man between ages 60 and 69, received a left lung transplant on the same day and from the same donor. The investigation found no other cases of Legionnaires' disease among patients who received other organs -- including heart, liver and right kidney -- from the same donor. No exposure at the hospital was seen in the six months before or after the two cases.
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