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. 2013 Mar 6;13(Suppl 4):9–21. doi: 10.1111/ajt.12094

Table 1.

Pathogens reported to be transmitted with solid organ transplantation

Bacteria Mycobacteria
Staphylococcus aureus Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Klebsiella species  Nontuberculous mycobacteria
Bacteroides fragilis Parasites/protozoa
Pseudomonas aeruginosa Toxoplasma gondii
Escherichia coli Strongyloides stercoralis
Salmonella species Plasmodium species
Yersinia enterocolitica Trypanosoma cruzi
Treponema pallidum Pneumocystis jiroveci
Brucella species Viruses
Enterobacter species  Cytomegalovirus
Acinetobacter species  Epstein–Barr virus
Legionella species  Herpes simplex virus
Nocardia species  Varicella‐zoster virus
Listeria monocytogenes  Human herpesvirus‐6
Fungi  Human herpesvirus‐7
Aspergillus species  Human herpesvirus‐8
Candida species  Hepatitis B, D
Coccidioides immitis  Hepatitis C
Cryptococcus neoformans  Human immunodeficiency virus
Histoplasma capsulatum  Parvovirus B19
Scedosporium apiospermum  Rabies
Prototheca species  Lymphocytic choriomeningitis
 Zygomycetes  virus
 West Nile virus
 BK virus
 Human T cell lymphotropic virus (HTLV)‐1/2