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Volume 29, Number 7—July 2023
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Fatal Invasive Mold Infections after Transplantation of Organs Recovered from Drowned Donors, United States, 2011–2021

Karen WuComments to Author , Pallavi Annambhotla, Rebecca J. Free, Jana M. Ritter, Brooke Leitgeb, Brendan R. Jackson, Mitsuru Toda, Sridhar V. Basavaraju, and Jeremy A.W. Gold
Author affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

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Invasive fungal infection in transplanted liver from an organ donor who drowned, United States (case 2). A) Centrilobular hepatic necrosis without substantial inflammation; fungal hyphae are in a central vein (arrow) and throughout the sinusoids. Hematoxylin–eosin; original magnification ×100. B) Numerous fungal hyphae are in the lumen and wall of a large hepatic vessel. Hematoxylin–eosin; original magnification ×200. C) Grocott methenamine silver stain highlights ribbon-like, pauciseptate, branching funal hyphae within the hepatic vessel. Original magnification ×200. D) Intravascular fungal hyphae stain red by immunohistochemical assay for mucormycete fungi. Original magnification ×200.

Figure. Invasive fungal infection in transplanted liver from an organ donor who drowned, United States (case 2). A) Centrilobular hepatic necrosis without substantial inflammation; fungal hyphae are in a central vein (arrow) and throughout the sinusoids. Hematoxylin–eosin; original magnification ×100. B) Numerous fungal hyphae are in the lumen and wall of a large hepatic vessel. Hematoxylin–eosin; original magnification ×200. C) Grocott methenamine silver stain highlights ribbon-like, pauciseptate, branching funal hyphae within the hepatic vessel. Original magnification ×200. D) Intravascular fungal hyphae stain red by immunohistochemical assay for mucormycete fungi. Original magnification ×200.

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