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Home / Harm to a Recipient / Infection / Fungal / Histoplasma / Histoplasma capsulatum

Histoplasma capsulatum

Record number: 
657
Adverse Occurrence type: 
Histoplasma
MPHO Type: 
Liver
Estimated frequency: 
8 proven
Time to detection: 
9 days - 4 yrs
Alerting signals, symptoms, evidence of occurrence: 
Pneumonia, cultures, biopsy. Usually detected several months post-transplant.
Demonstration of imputability or root cause: 
Serology, Urine Histo Antigen test.
Keywords: 
histoplasmosis
Histoplasma capsulatum
donor transmission
donor
infection
liver transplantation
References: 
Histoplasmosis and thrombocytopenic purpura: transmission by renal homotransplantation
Histoplasmosis in an explant liver with subsequent seeding of the liver allograft
Transmission of Histoplasma capsulatum by organ transplantation
Broncholith caused by donor-acquired histoplasmosis in a lung transplant recipient
An autopsy case of disseminated histoplasmosis probably due to infection from a renal allograft
Transmission of disseminated histoplasmosis via cadaveric renal transplantation: case report
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