RT @TransplantIDNet: .@AST_IDCOP guidelines rec 6-12 mos #Coccidioides ppx in endemic areas. @CIDJournal study of lung txp in Arizona had…
.@AST_IDCOP guidelines rec 6-12 mos #Coccidioides ppx in endemic areas. @CIDJournal study of lung txp in Arizona had lifelong azole ppx. 1/500 case, off ppx. Thanks to @NicoBarrosID for adding this to "Endemic mycoses" folder at https://t.co/OMnPL7P1O…
Kudos! to our own Dr. Kellie Goodlet for publishing two research articles on opportunistic infections in lung transplant patients in Clinical Infectious Diseases and AJHP. Congrats, Dr. Goodlet!! #MWUproud https://t.co/Q1Ihlcdc77 https://t.co/N91Ly9Pxtr
Recommendations are for 6-12 months of antifungal prophylaxis to prevent coccidioidomycosis in SOT recipients living in endemic areas. For lung xplnat some do lifelong azole prophylaxis. This study showed such a strategy all but eliminated risk. https:/…