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Coccidioidomycosis osteomyelitis of the knee in a 23-year-old diabetic patient
Coccidioidomycosis is a pulmonary infection caused by the dimorphic fungi Coccidioides immitis and Coccidioidomycosis posadasii. This disease is endemic to the southwestern United States and has a predilection for immunocompromised patients.
Lowell Ellerbrook, BS, Shaked Laks, MD
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Emerging Frontiers in Clinical Mycology: Innovations, Insights, and Impacts
ABSTRACT The Mycoses Study Group Education and Research Consortium (MSGERC)—a group comprising clinicians, researchers, patients, and industry partners—meets every 2 years to review the most significant challenges facing the clinical mycology community and plan research, education, and advocacy strategies to prevent fungal infections and improve ...
A. Apostolopoulou +7 more
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Invasive fungal infections (IFIs) are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in children with hematological malignancies as well as those undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Extreme immunological dysregulation secondary to severe neutropenia, T‐cell lymphopenia, graft‐versus‐host disease (GVHD), intensive chemotherapy ...
Matin Pourghasem +11 more
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Coccidioidomycosis: epidemiology
Jennifer Brown,1 Kaitlin Benedict,2 Benjamin J Park,2 George R Thompson III1,31Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA, USA; 2Mycotic Diseases Branch, Division of ...
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Coccidioidomycosis: first cases reported in Pernambuco, Brazil
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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Coccidioidomycosis: Recent Updates [PDF]
Coccidioidomycosis manifests as a variety of clinical manifestations and ranges in severity from asymptomatic exposure with resultant immunity to reinfection, to fulminant, and life-threatening disseminated disease.
Twarog, Meryl, Thompson, George
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Unmasking Balamuthia mandrillaris Through PCR in a Case of Multifocal Brain Lesions
Balamuthia mandrillaris is a rare free‐living amoeba that causes granulomatous amoebic encephalitis (GAE), a frequently fatal central nervous system infection. Diagnosis is often delayed because of nonspecific clinical presentation and radiographic findings.
Moamen Al Zoubi +9 more
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Fungal pneumonia : a silent epidemic Coccidioidomycosis (valley fever) [PDF]
Coccidioidomycosis, a fungal disease called \u201ccocci\u201d or \u201cvalley fever,\u201d is a major cause of community-acquired pneumonia in the southwestern U.S.Valley fever is an illness caused by the fungus Coccidioides, which lives in soil.
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Relating coccidioidomycosis (valley fever) incidence to soil moisture conditions
Coccidioidomycosis (also called Valley fever) is caused by a soilborne fungus, Coccidioides spp., in arid regions of the southwestern United States.
E. J. Coopersmith +5 more
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Coccidioidomycosis in pregnancy: Case report and literature review of associated placental lesions
Background: Coccidioidomycosis is an endemic fungal infection found most commonly in the Southwestern United States, Northwestern Mexico, and parts of Central and South America. Although infection is relatively uncommon during pregnancy, it is imperative
Heloise Labuschagne +9 more
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