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) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1265-1269 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Clinical Infectious Diseases |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue number | 9 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Nov 1 2003 |
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Donor-Related Coccidioidomycosis in Organ Transplant Recipients. / Wright, Patty W.; Pappagianis, Demosthenes; Wilson, Mark; Louro, Ana; Moser, Stephen A.; Komatsu, Kenneth; Pappas, Peter G.
In: Clinical Infectious Diseases, Vol. 37, No. 9, 01.11.2003, p. 1265-1269.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - Donor-Related Coccidioidomycosis in Organ Transplant Recipients
AU - Wright, Patty W.
AU - Pappagianis, Demosthenes
AU - Wilson, Mark
AU - Louro, Ana
AU - Moser, Stephen A.
AU - Komatsu, Kenneth
AU - Pappas, Peter G.
PY - 2003/11/1
Y1 - 2003/11/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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DO - 10.1086/378741
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JO - Clinical Infectious Diseases
JF - Clinical Infectious Diseases
SN - 1058-4838
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