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Man dies of rabies from donated kidney
Posted on 12/10/25 at 3:27 am
Posted on 12/10/25 at 3:27 am
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The donor in this case, an Idaho man, had been found unresponsive after a presumed cardiac arrest in early December 2024, around five weeks after being scratched by a skunk in late October.
No one suspected the involvement of rabies at the time. So as the man was an organ donor, his heart, lungs, left kidney, and corneas were removed.
Around five weeks after receiving the kidney, the Michigan patient developed symptoms consistent with rabies. Doctors sent samples of his saliva, skin, and other fluids to the CDC, which detected rabies virus RNA in some of the samples.
Because the recipient had no history of animal exposure, investigators turned back to the donor. A stored serum sample from the Idaho man tested negative for rabies antibodies, but an archived biopsy of his kidney was positive for rabies virus RNA, confirming the organ as the source of infection.
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Posted on 12/10/25 at 3:43 am to Jim Rockford
Saw this on SCRUBS
Posted on 12/10/25 at 4:25 am to Jim Rockford
What a horrible way to die
Posted on 12/10/25 at 5:08 am to Jim Rockford
When it's your time, it's your time.
Posted on 12/10/25 at 5:50 am to Jim Rockford
Once you start showing symptoms with rabies, it’s a wrap. Don’t even bother with hospitals. Go live it up.
Posted on 12/10/25 at 5:55 am to Jim Rockford
Michael Scott tried to prevent this and was mocked for it.
Posted on 12/10/25 at 5:56 am to Jim Rockford
Well they should prob track down recipients of other organs donated; symptoms can remain dormant for years so they could still save some poor pre rabid souls.
Posted on 12/10/25 at 6:02 am to PerryWinkleBlue
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Well they should prob track down recipients of other organs donated; symptoms can remain dormant for years so they could still save some poor pre rabid souls.
They did. They took back some cornea grafts from several people.
Posted on 12/10/25 at 6:03 am to PerryWinkleBlue
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Well they should prob track down recipients of other organs donated
Read the article. They did.
Posted on 12/10/25 at 6:16 am to LSUBFA83
Nah, thanks for letting me know
Posted on 12/10/25 at 7:49 am to Jim Rockford
Is the donor still in an ice bath in some fleabag motel?
Posted on 12/10/25 at 9:42 am to BHS78
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Saw this on SCRUBS
Came to say this
Posted on 12/10/25 at 9:44 am to Jim Rockford
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been found unresponsive after a presumed cardiac arrest in early December 2024, around five weeks after being scratched by a skunk in late October.
well that stinks
Posted on 12/10/25 at 10:13 am to Jim Rockford
There are always risks in getting organs transplanted. My lung donor had a history of drug use, but when you are on death's doorstep, you often have to make peace with the risks. I didn't even think twice about it when the lungs were offered though. We knew it was the right time.
Posted on 12/10/25 at 10:19 am to Jim Rockford
Best episode of Scrubs
Posted on 12/10/25 at 11:07 am to BHS78
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Saw this on SCRUBS
This post was edited on 12/10/25 at 11:08 am
Posted on 12/10/25 at 12:57 pm to Areddishfish
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My lung donor had a history of drug use
Have you since found a new predilection for dope?
Posted on 12/10/25 at 1:28 pm to The Boat
“You don’t drink scotch”
“Agh, That’s awful!”
“Agh, That’s awful!”
Posted on 12/10/25 at 1:30 pm to BHS78
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