TY - JOUR T1 - Donor-derived Coccidioides immitis fungemia in solid organ transplant recipients. JF - Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society// Transpl Infect Dis Y1 - 2012 A1 - Blodget, E A1 - Geiseler, P Jan A1 - Larsen, R A A1 - Stapfer, M A1 - Qazi, Y A1 - Petrovic, L M KW - *Coccidioides/ip [Isolation & Purification] KW - *Coccidioidomycosis/tm [Transmission] KW - *Fungemia/mi [Microbiology] KW - *Heart Transplantation/ae [Adverse Effects] KW - *Kidney Transplantation/ae [Adverse Effects] KW - *Liver Transplantation/ae [Adverse Effects] KW - Adult KW - Aged KW - Coccidioidomycosis/di [Diagnosis] KW - Coccidioidomycosis/dt [Drug Therapy] KW - Female KW - Fungemia/di [Diagnosis] KW - Fungemia/dt [Drug Therapy] KW - Humans KW - Male KW - Middle Aged KW - Tissue and Organ Harvesting KW - Tissue Donors KW - Transplants/ae [Adverse Effects] KW - Young Adult AB - 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 © 2011 John Wiley & Sons A/S. M1 - d1d, 100883688 CY - Denmark VL - 14 SN - 1399-3062 CP - 3 L2 - http://ovidsp.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&PAGE=reference&D=medl&NEWS=N&AN=22176511 ID - 4486 ER -