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To the Editor: The morbidity associated with the transmission of histoplasmosis by organ transplantation, as reported by Limaye et al. (Oct. 19 issue),¹ could have been avoided by timely autopsies of the donors. We were able to avoid the transmission of disease from a donor in the case described below.

A 45-year-old woman died 12 days after spontaneous rupture of a berry aneurysm. Within 10 minutes after the procedures for organ and tissue donation had been completed, an autopsy was begun. Dozens of miliary lesions were found on the lung surfaces. These findings were immediately reported to all concerned parties, . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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