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