3,976 results match your criteria: "Coccidioidomycosis"
IDCases
July 2024
University of Arizona, College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Tucson, AZ, United States.
Medicine (Baltimore)
July 2024
Clifford Hospital, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Case Rep Dermatol
May 2024
Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, St. George's University School of Medicine, St. George, Grenada.
Am J Epidemiol
July 2024
Information Systems and Modeling Group; Center for Nonlinear Studies, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM.
PLoS One
July 2024
Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America.
S D Med
November 2023
University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine, Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
A 57-year-old female with a history of type 2 diabetes mellitus and hypertension presented to the emergency department on multiple occasions with neurologic symptoms due to multiple embolic strokes of unclear etiology. While participating in inpatient rehabilitation, she subsequently developed fever and shaking chills. Infectious disease consultation was obtained, during which the patient reported travel to Mexico two months prior.
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May 2024
Department of Medicine, Harlem Hospital Center, New York City, USA.
Histoplasma capsulatum is a dimorphic fungus that grows in nature as a mold or in culture but converts to a small yeast during cellular invasion. While most histoplasmosis infections are primarily asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic, disseminated histoplasmosis is a relentlessly progressive granulomatous disease that can mimic other granulomatous diseases, such as tuberculosis, sarcoidosis or coccidioidomycosis, more so in the proper context of immunosuppression. The current global migrant crisis, particularly the United States migrant crisis conversation is mostly socio-political; however, it also has a public health implication as exemplified by the case of a 35-year-old male who migrated from Haiti via Chile and Mexico to the United States.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMed Mycol
June 2024
Department of Infectious Diseases, The Alfred and Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
J Fungi (Basel)
June 2024
Infectious Diseases Department, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City 14080, Mexico.
The incidence and distribution of coccidioidomycosis are increasing. Information scarcity is evident in Mexico, particularly in non-endemic zones and specific populations. We compared the treatment and outcomes for patients with isolated pulmonary infections and those with disseminated coccidioidomycosis, including mortality rates within six weeks of diagnosis.
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September 2024
4VDI Laboratory LLC, Chatsworth, CA.
Objective: To evaluate temporal changes in serum C-reactive protein (CRP) and haptoglobin (Hp) concentrations in dogs with pulmonary coccidioidomycosis and assess their utility to detect remission.
Methods: 31 client-owned dogs with newly diagnosed pulmonary coccidioidomycosis from October 2020 to February 2021 were included in a retrospective cohort study that utilized archived serum. Serum was originally obtained at diagnosis and once every 3 months after antifungal administration until either remission or 12 months.
Radiographics
July 2024
From the Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Napoleão de Barros Street, 800 Vila Clementino, São Paulo, SP, Brazil 04024-002 (M.C.A., J.B.P., V.N.S., L.K.M., D.T.K., A.d.A.e.C., A.R.C.F., A.Y.A.); Department of Radiology, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina de Marília, Marília, São Paulo, Brazil (M.C.A.); Department of Radiology, Montefiore Medical Center, The University Hospital for Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY (J.T.B.); Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Laboratório Delboni, DASA, São Paulo, Brazil (J.B.P., V.N.S., L.K.M., D.T.K., A.Y.A.); Department of Radiology, Hospital do Coração, HCor and Teleimagem, São Paulo, Brazil (V.N.S.); Department of Infectious Diseases, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil (A.M.D.); Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil (A.d.A.e.C.); and Department of Radiology, Grupo de Radiologia e Diagnóstico por Imagem-Rede D'Or, São Paulo, Brazil (A.R.C.F.).
Open Forum Infect Dis
June 2024
Departments of Medicine and Immunobiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA.
Open Forum Infect Dis
June 2024
Valley Fever Center for Excellence, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA.
Coccidioidomycosis poses a significant cost and morbidity burden in the United States. Additionally, coccidioidomycosis requires constant decision-making related to prevention, diagnosis, and management. Delays in diagnosis lead to significant consequences, including unnecessary diagnostic workup and antibacterial therapy.
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July 2024
MiraVista Diagnostics, 46241, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
In the present study, we validate and compare the second-generation Miravista Coccidioides IgG and IgM enzyme immunoassays (EIA) (MiraVista Diagnostics [MVD] Ab EIA) to Meridian Diagnostics Coccidioides IgG and IgM EIA (Meridian Ab EIA), immunodiffusion (ID) and complement fixation (CF). We also evaluated whether the addition of Coccidioides antigen testing to anti-Coccidioides antibody testing increased the sensitivity for the diagnosis of currently active coccidioidomycosis. We retrospectively studied 555 patients evaluated at Valleywise Health Medical Center between January 2013 and May 2017 for whom coccidioidomycosis was suspected and samples were submitted to MVD for testing.
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July 2024
Quantitative and Systems Biology, Graduate Program, University of California, Merced, Merced, California, USA.
Unlabelled: Coccidioidomycosis, also known as Valley fever, is a disease caused by the fungal pathogen . Unfortunately, patients are often misdiagnosed with bacterial pneumonia, leading to inappropriate antibiotic treatment. The soil -like species exhibits antagonistic properties against ; however, the antagonistic capabilities of host microbiota against are unexplored.
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April 2024
Laboratorio Nacional de Referencia en Micología Clínica, Departamento Micología, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas (INEI), Administración Nacional de Laboratorios e Institutos de Salud (ANLIS) "Dr. Carlos G. Malbrán", Buenos Aires 1282, Argentina.
Coccidiomycosis is a potentially life-threatening fungal infection endemic to certain regions of Argentina. The infection is caused by spp. and is primarily diagnosed by antibody (Ab) detection.
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April 2024
School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA.
Valley Fever (VF), caused by fungi in the genus , is a prevalent disease in southwestern and western parts of the United States that affects both humans and animals, such as dogs. Although the immune responses to infection with spp. are not fully characterized, antibody-detection assays are used in conjunction with clinical presentation and radiologic findings to aid in the diagnosis of VF.
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May 2024
Department of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.
Background: Coccidioidomycosis is a systemic fungal disease endemic to arid regions of the Western Hemisphere. In the south-western US, Coccidioides spp. may account for up to 20%-25% of all cases of community acquired pneumonia.
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May 2024
Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, USA.
Med Mycol
July 2024
Instituto de Medicina Regional, Universidad Nacional del Nordeste, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas de Argentina (CONICET), Resistencia, Argentina.
The second international meeting on endemic mycoses of the Americas (IMEMA) and the first international symposium on implantation mycoses (ISIM) took place in Santiago del Estero, Argentina, on September 25-27, 2023. The conference provided a platform for researchers, clinicians, and experts to discuss the latest developments in the field of endemic and implantation mycoses. Topics included epidemiology, diagnostic advances, treatment strategies, and the impact of environmental factors on the spread of these fungal diseases.
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October 2024
Arizona Department of Health Services, Phoenix.
Background: Coccidioidomycosis within endemic regions is often undiagnosed because appropriate testing is not performed. A dashboard was developed to provide information about the prevalence of coccidioidomycosis throughout the year.
Methods: Banner Urgent Care Service has many clinics within Maricopa County, Arizona, a highly endemic region for coccidioidomycosis.
Valley fever is a fungal infection, commonly of the lungs, caused by Coccidioides immitis or Coccidioides posadasii. This disease is endemic to the southwestern United States, Central America, and South America. Infected individuals are typically asymptomatic but may develop community-acquired pneumonia.
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April 2024
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Harbor University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center, Torrance, USA.
A 79-year-old man with type II diabetes mellitus and recently diagnosed idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura presented to the Emergency Department with progressive dyspnea over the course of two weeks. He was found to have diffuse miliary nodules, dense cavitary consolidation, and widespread cystic changes on chest imaging and died within 48 hours of admission to the hospital. His serum Coccidioides antibody and urine Histoplasma antigen were both positive.
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April 2024
Department of Infectious Diseases, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamilnadu, India.