Cryptococcal Endophthalmitis after Corneal Transplantation
- 13 April 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 298 (15), 825-826
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm197804132981506
Abstract
TRANSMISSION of infectious agents by donor tissue is a recognized complication of transplantation. Bacterial and fungal infections have been transmitted by donated kidneys.1 , 2 Recently, the viral agent of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease has been conveyed to the recipient by corneal tissue from a patient with this disease.3 In the cases presented below, cryptococcal endophthalmitis was transmitted by corneal tissue from a patient with disseminated cryptococcosis.Case ReportsThe corneal donor was a 25-year-old woman with a three-year history of polymyositis, treated with steroids and intermittent cyclophosphamide. She was hospitalized for progressive dyspnea and cyanosis. Diffuse interstitial infiltrates were noted on x-ray study . . .This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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- STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS TRANSMITTED IN TRANSPLANTED KIDNEYSThe Lancet, 1975
- SURVIVAL OF A PATIENT TRANSPLANTED WITH A KIDNEY INFECTED WITH CRYPTOCOCCUS NEO-FORMANSTransplantation, 1971