Cryptococcosis

Record number: 
655
Adverse Occurrence type: 
Time to detection: 
83 - 88 days
Alerting signals, symptoms, evidence of occurrence: 
A worldwide literature review of cryptococosis following organ transplant (507 cases), HSCT (2 allo) and cornea transplants. No case details presented but in a table they showed that onset of cryptococcosis was 88 days (26-217) after transplant in cases before 2000 and 83 days (31-175) after 2000.
Demonstration of imputability or root cause: 
Some cases were transmission from donor, most were not.
Suggest references: 
Hsin-Yun Sun, Marilyn M. Wagener, and Nina Singh. Cryptococcosis in Solid-Organ, Hematopoietic Stem Cell, and Tissue Transplant Recipients: Evidence-Based Evolving Trends. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2009; 48:1566–76