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.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1265-1269 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Clinical Infectious Diseases |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue number | 9 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Nov 1 2003 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Immunology
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Wright, P. W., Pappagianis, D., Wilson, M., Louro, A., Moser, S. A., Komatsu, K., & Pappas, P. G. (2003). Donor-Related Coccidioidomycosis in Organ Transplant Recipients. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 37(9), 1265-1269. https://doi.org/10.1086/378741