Risk for Donor-Derived Syphilis after Kidney Transplantation, China, 2007–2022

Abstract

To evaluate the risk of acquiring syphilis from a donated kidney, we evaluated kidney transplantation pairs from West China Hospital, Sichuan, China, during 2007–2022. Donor-derived syphilis was rare. Risk may be higher if donors have active syphilis and may be reduced if recipients receive ceftriaxone.

Keywords

• Syphilis
• donor-derived
• organ transplantation
• Treponema pallidum
• bacteria
• China