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

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2017 Aug;36(8):805-808. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000001560.

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Coccidioidomycosis / transmission*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Liver Transplantation / adverse effects*
  • Transplants / parasitology*