TY - JOUR T1 - Staphylococcus aureus transmitted in transplanted kidneys JF - Lancet Y1 - 1975 A1 - Doig,R. L. A1 - Boyd,P. J. A1 - Eykyn,S. KW - *Kidney Transplantation KW - *Postoperative Complications KW - Adult KW - Bacteriophage Typing KW - Bacteriuria / microbiology KW - Burns, Electric / complications KW - Child KW - Female KW - Humans KW - Kidney Failure, Chronic / surgery KW - Male KW - Middle Aged KW - Sepsis / *etiology / microbiology KW - Staphylococcal Infections / complications / microbiology / *transmission KW - Staphylococcus / *isolation & purification KW - Transplantation, Homologous KW - Wound Infection / *complications / etiology / microbiology AB - Staphylococcus aureus septicaemia developed shortly after transplantation in both recipients of transplanted kidneys from a donor who had received electrical burns. In each case the organism appeared initially in the urine. All staphylococci isolated were phage type 6/47/54/75. Transplant nephrectomy was necessary in both recipients because of complications of infection, and one recipient died. These results draw attention to the possible significance of Staph. aureus in the urine of recipients after transplantation and to the potential risk of transplanting kidneys from a burned donor. VL - 2 CP - 7928 N1 - Doig, R L Boyd, P J Eykyn, S ENGLAND Lancet. 1975 Aug 9;2(7928):243-5. ID - 447 ER -