title: Transmission of disseminated histoplasmosis via cadaveric renal transplantation: case report.
abstract: A 30-year-old woman received a cadaveric renal allograft from a donor who was subsequently found to have renal infection due to Histoplasma capsulatum. The recipient had funguria in the early postoperative period and later developed cutaneous manifestations of disseminated histoplasmosis. We report a case of histoplasmosis transmitted via renal transplantation and describe the subsequent 20-year clinical course.
authors.affiliation: Medical Unit III, Singapore General Hospital.
authors.forename: S Y
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Allen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006660:Histoplasmosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000635:transmission*; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000601:surgery; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*