Donor-related coccidioidomycosis in organ transplant recipients

Clin Infect Dis. 2003 Nov 1;37(9):1265-9. doi: 10.1086/378741. Epub 2003 Oct 1.

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Coccidioides*
  • Coccidioidomycosis / mortality*
  • Coccidioidomycosis / transmission
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Organ Transplantation / adverse effects*
  • Tissue Donors*