Donor-Derived Transmission of Cryptococcus gattii sensu lato in Kidney Transplant Recipients - Volume 26, Number 6—June 2020 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC

Donor-Derived Transmission of Cryptococcus gattii sensu lato in Kidney Transplant Recipients - Volume 26, Number 6—June 2020 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC

Volume 26, Number 6—June 2020

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Donor-Derived Transmission of Cryptococcus gattii sensu lato in Kidney Transplant Recipients

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Author affiliations: Hospital do Rim, São Paulo, Brazil (D. W.C.L. Santos, M.P. Cristelli, L.A. Viana, H. Tedesco-Silva, J.O. Medina-Pestana); Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo (D.W.C.L. Santos, A.L. Colombo); Canisius Wilhelmina Hospital, Nijmegen, the Netherlands (F. Hagen, J.F. Meis); Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands (F. Hagen); Centre of Expertise in Mycology Radboudumc/CWZ, Nijmegen, the Netherlands (J.F. Meis); Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Santa Casa de São Paulo, São Paulo (F.D.C. Bernardi)

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Abstract

We describe cases of donor-derived transmission of Cryptococcus deuterogattii in 2 kidney transplant recipients in Brazil and published information on other cases. Prompt reduction of immunosuppression and initiation of antifungal therapy was required to successfully control the fungal infections and preserve engraftment.