@article {4486, title = {Donor-derived Coccidioides immitis fungemia in solid organ transplant recipients.}, journal = {Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society// Transpl Infect Dis}, volume = {14}, year = {2012}, month = {2012//}, pages = {305 - 10}, address = {Denmark}, abstract = {We report disseminated coccidioidomycosis in 3 transplant recipients from a donor in an endemic area found to have unrecognized meningeal coccidioidomycosis. All 3 transplant recipients presented within 3 weeks of receipt of their organ. Only 1 organ recipient survived the acute presentation of coccidioidomycosis. Serologic testing for Coccidioides immitis infection should be considered for organ donors residing in endemic areas.Copyright {\textcopyright} 2011 John Wiley \& Sons A/S.}, keywords = {*Coccidioides/ip [Isolation \& Purification], *Coccidioidomycosis/tm [Transmission], *Fungemia/mi [Microbiology], *Heart Transplantation/ae [Adverse Effects], *Kidney Transplantation/ae [Adverse Effects], *Liver Transplantation/ae [Adverse Effects], Adult, Aged, Coccidioidomycosis/di [Diagnosis], Coccidioidomycosis/dt [Drug Therapy], Female, Fungemia/di [Diagnosis], Fungemia/dt [Drug Therapy], Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Tissue and Organ Harvesting, Tissue Donors, Transplants/ae [Adverse Effects], Young Adult}, isbn = {1399-3062}, author = {Blodget, E and Geiseler, P Jan and Larsen, R A and Stapfer, M and Qazi, Y and Petrovic, L M} }