Our investigation of this cluster documents the transmission of West Nile virus by organ transplantation. Organ recipients receiving immunosuppressive drugs may be at high risk for severe disease after West Nile virus infection. Blood transfusion was the probable source of the West Nile virus viremia in the organ donor.

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We report a case of paradoxical recurrent meningitis in response to initiation of highly active antiretroviral therapy in a patient receiving maintenance fluconazole for a previous diagnosis of cryptococcal meningitis. We describe the unusual radiographic and histopathologic findings which are consistent with an immune reconstitution induced paradoxical inflammatory response to residual cryptococcal infection.

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