title: Donor transfer of pulmonary coccidioidomycosis in lung transplantation.
abstract: Transplant recipients living in endemic areas are at high risk of aerosol-transmitted fungal infections because of environmental exposure while on immunosuppressive drugs, as well as reactivation of latent infection from either the patient's or the donor's organs. The latter may account for early development of coccidioidomycosis after transplantation. We describe a case of pulmonary coccidioidomycosis in a lung transplant recipient who acquired the infection from the donor lung and presented with fulminant pneumonia in the immediate postoperative period.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of California, San Diego, USA.
authors.forename: Uttam
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Tripathy
authors.forename: Gordon L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Yung
authors.forename: Jolene M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Kriett
authors.forename: Patricia A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Thistlethwaite
authors.forename: David P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Kapelanski
authors.forename: Stuart W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Jamieson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003047:Coccidioidomycosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D015725:Fluconazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D016040:Lung Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D015725:Fluconazole