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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Sep 9.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Transplant. 2013 Jul 9;13(9):2418–2425. doi: 10.1111/ajt.12340

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)

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.