Donor-Related Coccidioidomycosis Transmitted Through Left-Liver Transplant to a Child Recipient in a Nonendemic Area.

Abstract

This first observation of donor-transmitted coccidioidomycosis in a pediatric liver-transplant recipient underlines a rare condition in transplanted patients in a nonendemic area. This transmission was observed after a liver split, the patient being contaminated by the left liver while the right-liver recipient was not.

• Authors: Corentin Tanné, Frédérique Dijoud, Meja Rabodonirina, Damien Dupont, Christine Rivet, Sophie Collardeau-Frachon, Yves Gillet, Rémi Dubois, Frédéric Hameury, Jérome Dumortier, Alain Lachaux
• Journal: The Pediatric infectious disease journal (Pediatr Infect Dis J) Vol. 36 Issue 8 Pg. 805-808 (08 2017) ISSN: 1532-0987 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 28134743 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Child
• Coccidioidomycosis (transmission)
• Female
• Humans
• Liver Transplantation (adverse effects)
• Transplants (parasitology)