| notes from the field: transplant-transmitted balamuthia mandrillaris --- arizona, 2010. | on august 23, 2010, cdc was notified regarding two organ transplant recipients in arizona who had encephalitis with multiple ring-enhancing lesions revealed by cerebral magnetic resonance imaging. the common organ donor, a hispanic male landscaper aged 27 years, had died in arizona from a presumed stroke on july 21. he had a large skin lesion for approximately 6 months on his back that he had attributed to an insect bite. the ill recipients, a male liver recipient aged 56 years, and a male recip ... | 2010 | 20847722 |