TY - JOUR T1 - Donor-related coccidioidomycosis in organ transplant recipients JF - Clin Infect Dis Y1 - 2003 A1 - Wright,P. W. A1 - Pappagianis,D. A1 - Wilson,M. A1 - Louro,A. A1 - Moser,S. A. A1 - Komatsu,K. A1 - Pappas,P. G. KW - *Coccidioides KW - *Tissue Donors KW - Adult KW - Coccidioidomycosis / *mortality / transmission KW - Female KW - Humans KW - Male KW - Middle Aged KW - Organ Transplantation / *adverse effects AB - 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. VL - 37 CP - 9 N1 - 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. ID - 1658 ER -