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. 2017 Mar;23(3):387–395. doi: 10.3201/eid2303.161580

Table 1. Infectious disease testing performed for 3 transplant recipients with donor-derived microsporidiosis.

Pathogen All recipients Right kidney recipient Left kidney/heart recipient Liver recipient
Bacterial
Bacterial culture (blood, urine)
Mycoplasma Borrelia burgdorferi Treponema pallidum
Mycobacterium tuberculosis Anaplasma/Ehrlichia
Borrelia burgdorferi Treponema pallidum
Brucella spp. Tropheryma whipplei
Rickettsia spp.
Pneumocystis jiroveci
Legionella spp.


Viral Cytomegalovirus Enterovirus Enterovirus None
Herpes simplex virus Lymphocytic choriomeningitis Adenovirus
Epstein-Barr virus Measles virus Lymphocytic choriomeningitis
Parvovirus JC virus Measles virus
HIV Human herpesvirus-6 JC virus
Viral fecal cultures Human herpesvirus-6
BK virus
Human T-cell lymphotropic virus


Meningoencephalitis panel*


Fungal/parasitic/other Cryptococcus spp. Coccidioides spp. (1→3)β-D-glucan Toxoplasma gondii
Aspergillus spp. Galactomannan
Strongyloides spp. Coccidioides spp.
Cryptococcus spp.
Schistosoma spp. Toxoplasma gondii
Babesia spp. Babesia spp.
14–3-3 testing for prion disease (cerebrospinal fluid)

*Panel contains the following viruses: West Nile, Lacrosse, Eastern equine encephalitis, St. Louis encephalitis, Western equine encephalitis, lymphocytic choriomeningitis, herpex simplex 1 and 2, adenovirus, influenza A and B, measles, mumps, varicella, coxsackie A and B, echovirus, cytomegalovirus.