title: Donor-related coccidioidomycosis in organ transplant recipients.
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.
authors.affiliation: University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294-0006, USA.
authors.forename: Patty W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Wright
authors.forename: Demosthenes
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pappagianis
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Louro
authors.forename: Stephen A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Moser
authors.forename: Kenneth
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Komatsu
authors.forename: Peter G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Pappas
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003045:Coccidioides; D003047:Coccidioidomycosis / Q000401:mortality* / Q000635:transmission; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016377:Organ Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014019:Tissue Donors