@article {1658, title = {Donor-related coccidioidomycosis in organ transplant recipients}, journal = {Clin Infect Dis}, volume = {37}, year = {2003}, note = {Wright, Patty W Pappagianis, Demosthenes Wilson, Mark Louro, Ana Moser, Stephen A Komatsu, Kenneth Pappas, Peter G Case Reports United States Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America Clin Infect Dis. 2003 Nov 1;37(9):1265-9. Epub 2003 Oct 1.}, month = {37196}, pages = {1265 - 9}, edition = {37909}, 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.}, keywords = {*Coccidioides, *Tissue Donors, Adult, Coccidioidomycosis / *mortality / transmission, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Organ Transplantation / *adverse effects}, issn = {1537-6591 (Electronic) 1058-4838 (Linking)}, doi = {CID31082 [pii] 10.1086/378741}, author = {Wright,P. W. and Pappagianis,D. and Wilson,M. and Louro,A. and Moser,S. A. and Komatsu,K. and Pappas,P. G.} }