The team analyzed data from the National Cancer Institute's Transplant Cancer Match Study, which contains information on all
solid organ transplant recipients in the United States, as well as data from 15 population - based US cancer registries.
Survival rates vary, but the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 41 percent
of organ transplant recipients who contract aspergillosis die within a year.
While he said he hoped his fame as the
first organ transplant recipient to win an Olympic medal would «get families talking about organ donation,» he said he never felt any pressure to win to make his ordeal worthwhile.
In the past, the virus usually only developed into brain disease in individuals with suppressed immune systems, such as AIDS patients and
organ transplant recipients on immunosuppressant medications.
In an accompanying report, investigators provide a summary of a two - day meeting held in April 2013 in Toronto, Canada, in which a group of clinicians, researchers, administrators, and patient representatives discussed key issues related to exercise
in organ transplant recipients.
In
some organ transplant recipients and cancer patients, however, the amount of ammonia in the blood explodes.