TY - JOUR AU - Santos, Daniel W.C.L. AU - Hagen, Ferry AU - Meis, Jacques AU - Cristelli, Marina AU - Viana, Laila AU - Bernardi, Fabiola D.C. AU - Tedesco-Silva, Hélio AU - Medina-Pestana, José AU - Colombo, Arnaldo T1 - Donor-Derived Transmission of Cryptococcus gattii sensu lato in Kidney Transplant Recipients T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2020 VL - 26 IS - 6 SP - 1329 SN - 1080-6059 AB - 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. KW - Antifungal therapy KW - Cryptococcus gattii KW - donor-transmitted disease KW - fungal infection KW - fungi KW - HIV/AIDS and other retroviruses KW - immunosuppression KW - kidney transplantation KW - Brazil DO - 10.3201/eid2606.191765 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/6/19-1765_article ER - End of Reference