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Review
. 2018 Sep;32(3):667-685.
doi: 10.1016/j.idc.2018.04.007.

Endemic Mycoses in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients

Jeremy S Nel  1 , Luther A Bartelt  1 , David van Duin  1 , Anne M Lachiewicz  2
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Review

Endemic Mycoses in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients

Jeremy S Nel et al. Infect Dis Clin North Am. 2018 Sep.

Abstract

The endemic mycoses are a group of thermally dimorphic fungal pathogens occupying a specific geographic range. In North America, the chief endemic mycoses are histoplasmosis, coccidioidomycosis, and blastomycosis. Endemic fungi can cause serious infections in solid organ transplant recipients from primary infection, reactivation of latent disease, or donor-derived infection.

Keywords: Blastomycosis; Coccidioidomycosis; Endemic mycoses; Histoplasmosis; Solid organ transplant.

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Geographic distribution of endemic fungal infections in the North America. (From Ryan KJ. The systemic fungal pathogens: cryptococcus, histoplasma, blastomyces, coccidioides, paracoccidioides. In: Ryan KJ, editor. Sherris medical microbiology. 7th edition. New York: McGraw-Hill; 2018. p. 750; with permission.)
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