Mycobacterium tuberculosis

DONOR: 11-month-old male from a high tuberculosis (TB) incidence country. Cause of death: Dandy Walker syndrome with cerebral infarction. TB was not suspected during the donation process and autopsy was not performed. Chest X ray normal. RECIPIENTS: LIVER: a 4-year-old recipient without history or background of TB developed liver TB (Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolated in gastric fluid), gender not stated. TST not performed, received TB treatment, alive. KIDNEY: a double kidney transplant in a 49 year-old TST negative recipient developed positive PPD skin test. The recipient was treated with isoniazid for 9 months, alive.