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

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 an...

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Autores principales: Santos, Daniel W.C.L., Hagen, Ferry, Meis, Jacques F., Cristelli, Marina P., Viana, Laila A., Bernardi, Fabiola D.C., Tedesco-Silva, Hélio, Medina-Pestana, José O., Colombo, Arnaldo L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020
Materias:
Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7258454/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32441623
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2606.191765
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Sumario: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.

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