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

Autor: Frédérique Dijoud, Damien Dupont, Corentin Tanné, Sophie Collardeau-Frachon, Meja Rabodonirina, Frédéric Hameury, Yves Gillet, Rémi Dubois, Alain Lachaux, Christine Rivet, Jérôme Dumortier
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 36:805-808
ISSN: 0891-3668
Popis: 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.
Databáze: OpenAIRE