Table 2:
Diagnostic testing results for recipients in investigations with transmission
Investigation # | Organ | Transplant to diagnosis of infection (weeks) | Acute Chagas disease diagnosis | PCR | Hemoculture | Serology | Total length of follow-up (weeks) |
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| |||||||
1 | Liver | 12 | After symptomatic | Not done | Positive | Negative | 12 |
Kidney and pancreas | 7 | After symptomatic | Not done | Positive | Indeterminate (IFA) | 7 | |
Kidney | 17 | After other recipients became symptomatic | Not done | Positive | Negative | 57 | |
4 | Heart | 9 | After symptomatic | Positive | Positive | Negative | 10 |
Liver | Negative | Negative | Negative | 29 | |||
Kidney | Negative | Negative | Negative | 28 | |||
Kidney | Negative | Negative | Negative | 30 | |||
5 | Heart | 7 | After symptomatic | Positive | Positive | Negative | 8 |
Liver | Negative | Negative | Negative | 37 | |||
Kidney | Negative | Negative | Negative | 29 | |||
Kidney | Negative | Negative | Negative | 24 | |||
6 | Liver | 8 | By PCR monitoring | Positive | Positive | Negative | 224 |
Bilateral kidneys | 5 | By PCR monitoring | Positive | Negative | Negative | 12 | |
12 | Heart | 3 | By PCR monitoring | Positive | Negative | Negative | 35 |
Liver | Negative | Negative | Negative | 42 | |||
Kidney | Negative | Negative | Negative | 37 | |||
Kidney | Negative | Negative | Negative | 37 | |||
14 | Liver | Negative | Negative | Negative | 7 | ||
Bilateral lung | 29 | By PCR monitoring | Positive | Positive | Positive | 29 |
For recipients not included in this table, all testing results were negative.