Fatal Invasive Mold Infections after Transplantation of Organs Recovered from Drowned Donors, United States, 2011–2021

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Wu, Karen ; Annambhotla, Pallavi ; Free, Rebecca J. ; Ritter, Jana M. ; Leitgeb, Brooke ; Jackson, Brendan R. ; Toda, Mitsuru ; Basavaraju, Sridhar V. ; Gold, Jeremy A.W.
• Description:
  Drowned organ donors can be exposed to environmental molds through the aspiration of water; transplantation of exposed organs can cause invasive mold infections in recipients. We describe 4 rapidly fatal cases of potentially donor-derived invasive mold infections in the United States, highlighting the importance of maintaining clinical suspicion for these infections in transplant recipients.
• Subjects:
  Fungi Humans Organ Transplantation Tissue Donors Transplant Recipients
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 2023; 29(7):1455-1458
• Pubmed ID:
  37279517
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC10310390
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Genre:
  Dispatch
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Volume:
  29
• Issue:
  7
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:a28af892e4f6986fcb075c9d676312d9833c8729fe2823c36a764905febd88be
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/130834/cdc_130834_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.02 MB ]