Rabid organ transplant kills Maryland man

[Jodell88]

A man in the US state of Maryland has died of rabies, which he contracted from an infected kidney transplant more than a year ago, health officials say.

The early March death has led officials to treat three other patients who received organs from the same donor.

The donor died of raccoon rabies in Florida in 2011 after moving there from North Carolina.


The recipients of the donor's heart, liver and other kidney are receiving anti-rabies vaccines, the CDC said in a news release on Friday. They live in Illinois, Georgia and Florida.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-21807466

The donor died of rabies but they transplanted the organs thinking it wouldn't infect the recipients? 😵 :\ :hmm:

Potential lawsuit?

 

[Broheim]

donor died in Florida...


sounds about right.

 

[fralexandr]

reminds me of an episode of Scrubs D:.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2iKTIVF8ss

 

[BudAshes]

reminds me of an episode of Scrubs D:.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2iKTIVF8ss

I was thinking the same thing.

 

[techs]

donor died in Florida...


sounds about right.

Florida for the lulz.

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-21807466

The donor died of rabies but they transplanted the organs thinking it wouldn't infect the recipients? 😵 :\ :hmm:

Potential lawsuit?

Did you actually read the article or just skim it? They didn't know the donor had it originally.

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) say doctors did not suspect rabies as the cause of death in the donor and did not test for it.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

Who knew Scrubs was a portent of the future?

 

[Scarpozzi]

Did you actually read the article or just skim it? They didn't know the donor had it originally.

But he died in Florida. They should have ASSUMED he died of rabies.

I've been to Florida...I think rabies is the number two killer there...next to sinkholes, of course.

 

[etrigan420]

But he died in Florida. They should have ASSUMED he died of rabies.

I've been to Florida...I think rabies is the number two killer there...next to sinkholes, of course.

With overzealous neighborhood watchmen coming in a close third.

 

[phucheneh]

Who knew Scrubs was a portent of the future?

The future: where black guys wanna be white, white guys wanna be black, and no one is funny. Except the janitors.

 

[SphinxnihpS]

With overzealous neighborhood watchmen coming in a close third.

The world needs more overzealous watchmen, less police, and less idiots.

 

[BladeVenom]

This is how the zombie apocalypse starts.

 

[MaxPayne63]

With overzealous neighborhood watchmen coming in a close third.

Shooting someone when they're trying to beat you to death is considered overzealous?

 

[jagec]

Shooting someone when they're trying to beat you to death is considered overzealous?

<---P&N

 

[Fritzo]

Didn't they notice the kidney foaming all over the place?

 

[SphinxnihpS]

Cry

 

[disappoint]

Remind me never to accept an organ from Florida. Bath salt eatin racoon rapin mofos.

 

[Mixolydian]

OK I admit I'm not a doctor, but wouldn't you test an organ for practically EVERYTHING before giving it to someone else?

 

[SphinxnihpS]

OK I admit I'm not a doctor, but wouldn't you test an organ for practically EVERYTHING before giving it to someone else?

Do you understand the logistics of this type of organ donation?

 

[Atomic Playboy]

OK I admit I'm not a doctor, but wouldn't you test an organ for practically EVERYTHING before giving it to someone else?

I wouldn't think so. The tests are expensive and time consuming, and an organ is generally something that people need in fairly short order. If there's no reason to suspect the person had rabies, why would they test for it? This has happened how many times ever? It's a very minor risk.

 

[Mixolydian]

Do you understand the logistics of this type of organ donation?

Of course not, that's why I said I'm not a doctor.

 

[SphinxnihpS]

Of course not, that's why I said I'm not a doctor.

I'm not either.

 

[Anonemous]

huh the other organ transplant patients survived. I didn't know rabies could lie dormant for 1 year...

 

[ElFenix]

huh the other organ transplant patients survived. I didn't know rabies could lie dormant for 1 year...

me neither.

 

[Mr. Pedantic]

huh the other organ transplant patients survived. I didn't know rabies could lie dormant for 1 year...

I think there's been a case report of someone incubating rabies for several decades, but I thought that nerves were the only reservoir in the body.