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

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

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.

Emerg Infect Dis ; 26(6): 1329-1331, 2020 06.

Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32441623

RESUMO

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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Criptococose; Cryptococcus gattii; Cryptococcus neoformans; Transplante de Rim; Antifúngicos/uso terapêutico; Brasil; Criptococose/diagnóstico; Criptococose/tratamento farmacológico; Cryptococcus gattii/genética; Humanos; Transplante de Rim/efeitos adversos; Transplantados

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Antifungal therapy; Brazil; Cryptococcus gattii; HIV/AIDS and other retroviruses; donor-transmitted disease; fungal infection; fungi; immunosuppression; kidney transplantation

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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Transplante de Rim / Criptococose / Cryptococcus neoformans / Cryptococcus gattii Tipo de estudo: Diagnostic_studies Limite: Humans País/Região como assunto: America do sul / Brasil Idioma: En Revista: Emerg Infect Dis Ano de publicação: 2020 Tipo de documento: Article

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