Record number:
38
Adverse Occurrence type:
MPHO Type:
Estimated frequency:
To the authors’ knowledge, 37 cases of posttransplant malaria are reported in the literature. This is the first well-documented case of multiorgan donation from a single donor followed by P. falciparum malaria in recipients.
Time to detection:
5-14 days
Alerting signals, symptoms, evidence of occurrence:
Fever, sepsis
Demonstration of imputability or root cause:
Certain. Blood smear;
Donor had returned from Togo to France 10 days earlier
Imputability grade:
3 Definite/Certain/Proven
References:
Suggest references:
AAA