Donor-related coccidioidomycosis in organ transplant recipients.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Most cases of coccidioidomycosis in organ transplant recipients arise from either primary infection with Coccidioides immitis after environmental exposure or from reactivation of latent infection. Herein, we report 2 cases of rapidly fatal, disseminated coccidioidomycosis that occurred in organ transplant recipients who had never lived in or visited an area where C. immitis is endemic. Both subjects had received a transplanted organ from the same donor, an individual with unrecognized active coccidioidomycosis at the time of his death.
Medical subject headings
- Coccidioides
- Coccidioidomycosis
- Organ Transplantation
- Tissue Donors