Problem: Why did physicians not think to check for an infectious agent in the transplanted tissue after the first patient died?
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Transplant recipients have suppressed immune function and it is not uncommon for patients to have an infection due to anti rejection drugs used in the transplant process.Transplant recipients have suppressed immune function and it is not uncommon for patients to have an infection due to anti rejection drugs used in the transplant process.
They needed to find similar symptoms in the other transplant recipients to even make a connection between the cases to suspect a hidden infectious agent was involved.They needed to find similar symptoms in the other transplant recipients to even make a connection between the cases to suspect a hidden infectious agent was involved.
The physicians checked the MHC marker match very carefully and did not think the patient would reject the kidney. The physicians checked the MHC marker match very carefully and did not think the patient would reject the kidney.
Livers transplants are only ever done with patients who show no obvious signs of cirrhosis of the liver so there was no reason to suspect a problem. Livers transplants are only ever done with patients who show no obvious signs of cirrhosis of the liver so there was no reason to suspect a problem.