Solid organ transplantation of viral hepatitis C positive donor organs into viral hepatitis C negative recipients
Liapakis A, Formica RN, Levitsky J. Solid organ transplantation of viral hepatitis C positive donor organs into viral hepatitis C negative recipients. Current Opinion In Organ Transplantation 2018, 23: 257-263. PMID: 29432255, DOI: 10.1097/mot.0000000000000504.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsViremic donorsHepatitis CWaitlist mortalityHepatitis C viremic donorsEarly trial dataHCV-negative recipientsTransplantation of graftsHepatitis C therapySolid organ transplantsSolid organ transplantationUtilization of graftsFormal clinical trialsNet overall reductionGraft utilizationNonviremic recipientsTransplant recipientsC therapyNegative patientsAntiviral therapyNegative recipientsTransplantation ratesClinical trialsOrgan poolDonor organsOrgan transplantation