Coccidioidomycosis Presenting with Fever and Back Pain.

J Gen Intern Med

Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.

Published: June 2020

Download full-text PDF

Source
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7280379PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11606-020-05765-7DOI Listing

Publication Analysis

Top Keywords

coccidioidomycosis presenting
4
presenting fever
4
fever pain
4
coccidioidomycosis
1
fever
1
pain
1

Similar Publications

Background: Systemic endemic mycoses are systemic fungal infections typically found in tropical and subtropical regions. Their global incidence is rising, including in nonendemic countries, mainly due to migration and international travel. They are a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, especially in immunocompromised patients.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Coccidioidomycosis is a potentially serious but poorly studied mycosis in Ecuador. It is not a notifiable infection; therefore, its true incidence and prevalence in Ecuador remain unknown. Because primary lung disease due to coccidioidomycoses is typically self-limiting, it does not usually require treatment.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Cardiac disease in young children can be unrecognized until symptoms are unmasked by a precipitating event, such as an infection. We present a case of anomalous left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery causing clinically significant disease in a four-month-old male with concomitant mitral regurgitation and pulmonary coccidioidomycosis who required modification of his surgical management due to the infection. This case highlights how timely diagnosis and perioperative management and recovery can be affected by concurrent infections in patients with congenital heart disease.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

A 49-year old female, known to have had an asymptomatic pulmonary cavity since 2015, presented in 2023 with hemoptysis. Radiology showed a mass suspected to be an aspergilloma. Due to persistent hemoptysis, lobectomy was performed.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Fungi infect humans when environmental spores are inhaled into the lungs. The lung is a heterogeneous organ. Conducting airways, including bronchi and bronchioles, branch until terminating in the alveolar airspace where gas exchange occurs.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Want AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?

Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!