Donor-derived invasive aspergillosis after kidney transplant

Maricela Valerio; Marina Machado; Santiago Cedeño; Maria Luisa Rodríguez; Fernando Anaya; Antonio Vena; Jesús Guinea; Pilar Escribano; Emilio Bouza; Patricia Muñoz

doi:10.1016/j.mmcr.2018.07.004

Donor-derived invasive aspergillosis after kidney transplant

Med Mycol Case Rep. 2018 Jul 17:22:24-26. doi: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2018.07.004. eCollection 2018 Dec.

Authors

Maricela Valerio^{1

2}, Marina Machado^{1

2

3}, Santiago Cedeño⁴, Maria Luisa Rodríguez⁴, Fernando Anaya⁴, Antonio Vena^{1

2}, Jesús Guinea^{1

2

3

5}, Pilar Escribano^{1

2

3}, Emilio Bouza^{1

2

3

5}, Patricia Muñoz^{1

2

3

5}

Affiliations

¹ Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Department, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Doctor Esquerdo 46, 28007 Madrid, Spain.
² Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Hospital Gregorio Marañón, Doctor Esquerdo 46, 28007 Madrid, Spain.
³ Medicine Department, School of Medicine, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Pza, Ramón y Cajal, s/n. Ciudad Universitaria, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
⁴ Nephrology Department, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Doctor Esquerdo 46, 28007 Madrid, Spain.
⁵ CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias-CIBERES (CB06/06/0058), Madrid, Spain.

Abstract

The risk of transmission of infectious diseases from allograft to recipient is well known. Viruses and bacteria are the most frequent causes of transmissible infections. Donor-derived invasive aspergillosis is rare and occurred under particular circumstances. We report 2 cases of kidney transplant recipients who acquired aspergillosis from a single donor.

Keywords: Donor-derived infections; Invasive aspergillosis; Invasive fungal infections; Kidney transplant; Solid organ transplant.

Publication types

Case Reports