THE TREATMENT OF COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS [PDF]
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2015 SUMMARYTherapy of coccidioidomycosis continues to evolve. For primary pulmonary disease, antifungal therapy is frequently not required while prolonged courses of antifungals are generally needed for those in whom extrathoracic disseminated has occurred ...
Neil M. AMPEL
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Coccidioidomycosis: first cases reported in Pernambuco, Brazil
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2018 Coccidioidomycosis is a fungal infection caused by Coccidioides immitis or Coccidioides posadasii. These fungi are known to thrive in desert climate.
Paulo Sergio Ramos de Araújo +8 more
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Frequency and Duration of Diagnostic Delays Associated with Coccidioidomycosis and Risk Factors for Missed Diagnoses, United States [PDF]
Emerging Infectious DiseasesDiagnosis of coccidioidomycosis is challenging and requires a high index of clinical suspicion. We estimated the incidence and duration of, and risk factors associated with, diagnostic delays and missed opportunities in the diagnosis of ...
Desmond D. Barber +6 more
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Primary cutaneous coccidioidomycosis: First imported case in north India
Indian Journal of Dermatology, 2014 Coccidioidomycosis is a fungal disease found only in the Western Hemisphere. In recent years, the incidence of the disease has increased in California and Arizona, which may be partially due to the rapid immigration of previously unexposed persons from ...
Vikram Narang +3 more
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Coccidioidomycosis Masquerading as Malignancy: A Case of Mediastinal Mass and Pericardial Effusion in an Immunocompetent Jamaican Male [PDF]
Case Reports in Infectious DiseasesCoccidioidomycosis rarely presents as a lung mass, hypereosinophilia, and disseminated pericarditis with pericardial effusion. Even rarer is a case that presents with the constellation of all these findings.
Samuel B. Governor +8 more
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Mediastinal mass: an unusual presentation of coccidioidomycosis
Southwest Respiratory and Critical Care Chronicles, 2014 Coccidioidomycosis is an endemic fungal disease, found mainly in the southwesternUnited States, northwestern Mexico, and some areas of Brazil and Argentina.
Imran Umer, Yasir Ahmed
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Epidemiology of Coccidioidomycosis in the Veterans Health Administration, 2013–2022
Journal of Fungi, 2023 We describe the epidemiology of coccidioidomycosis among a national cohort of Veterans. Using electronic health record data from adults tested for coccidioidomycosis between 1 January 2013 and 31 December 2022, we analyzed differences in baseline ...
Cynthia Lucero-Obusan +4 more
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Coccidioidomycosis: A Contemporary Review
Infectious Disease and Therapy, 2022 Coccidioidomycosis, colloquially known as Valley Fever, is an invasive dimorphic fungal infection caused by Coccidioides immitis and C. posadasii. The fungi are found in the arid desert soils of the southwestern US, as well as in parts of Mexico and ...
N. Crum
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A Case of Disseminated Coccidioidomycosis: When the Treasure Chest Wall Opened
Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports, 2021 Coccidioidomycosis is an infection caused by soil-dwelling fungi, Coccidioides , that are endemic to the southwestern United States, northern Mexico, and scattered areas of Latin America.
Sandhya Dhital MS +2 more
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Review of Clinical and Laboratory Diagnostics for Coccidioidomycosis
Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2023 Coccidioidomycosis is a fungal disease associated with soil exposure that frequently goes undiagnosed due at least in part to its nonspecific presentation and the lack of clinical suspicion by health care providers.
I. Mchardy, B. Barker, G. Thompson
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