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DOI10.1590/S1678-9946201860075
Coccidioidomycosis: first cases reported in Pernambuco, Brazil
Ramos de Araujo, Paulo Sergio1,2,3; de Souza Junior, Valter Romao2; Padilha, Carlos Eduardo1; de Oliveira, Marta Iglis1; Arraes, Luciana Cardoso1; Vieira, Roberto4; Antunes, Ana5; de Lima Neto, Reginaldo Goncalves6; Marsden, Armando6
通讯作者Ramos de Araujo, Paulo Sergio
来源期刊REVISTA DO INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL DE SAO PAULO
ISSN0036-4665
EISSN1678-9946
出版年2018
卷号60
英文摘要

Coccidioidomycosis is a fungal infection caused by Coccidioides immitis or Coccidioides posadmii. These fungi are known to thrive in desert climate. Fungi produce infectious arthroconidia in soil, they are aerosolized in the air and when inhaled by humans, usually cause infections such as pneumonia. The first cases of coccidioidomycosis in Brazil were reported in 1978. Since then, there have been other reports mainly from desert regions of Northeastern Brazil. The present report describes three cases of coccidioidomycosis on male farmers from Serra Talhada county, Pernambuco State, who developed pneumonia and were subsequently diagnosed with pulmonary coccidioidomycosis. These three farmers were successfully treated with oral fluconazole. They reported having hunted armadillos in a rural and arid area of Pernambuco State. Armadillos are known to be carriers of Coccidioides. This is the first report of infection caused by Coccidioides in Pernambuco State, Brazil.


英文关键词Coccidioidomycosis Pneumonia Armadillos Brazil Coccidioides immitis
类型Article
语种英语
国家Brazil
收录类别SCI-E
WOS记录号WOS:000450863700004
WOS关键词DIAGNOSIS
WOS类目Tropical Medicine
WOS研究方向Tropical Medicine
资源类型期刊论文
条目标识符http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/212806
作者单位1.Univ Fed Pernambuco, Hosp Clin, Serv Infectol, Recife, PE, Brazil;
2.Univ Fed Pernambuco, Dept Med Trop, Av Prof Moraes Rego 1235,Cidade Univ, BR-50670901 Recife, PE, Brazil;
3.Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz, Inst Aggeu Magalhaes, Recife, PE, Brazil;
4.Hosp Reg Serra Talhada, Recife, PE, Brazil;
5.Secretaria Estadual Saude, Vigilancia Epidemiol, Recife, PE, Brazil;
6.Univ Fed Pernambuco, Dept Micol, Recife, PE, Brazil
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Ramos de Araujo, Paulo Sergio,de Souza Junior, Valter Romao,Padilha, Carlos Eduardo,et al. Coccidioidomycosis: first cases reported in Pernambuco, Brazil[J],2018,60.
APA Ramos de Araujo, Paulo Sergio.,de Souza Junior, Valter Romao.,Padilha, Carlos Eduardo.,de Oliveira, Marta Iglis.,Arraes, Luciana Cardoso.,...&Marsden, Armando.(2018).Coccidioidomycosis: first cases reported in Pernambuco, Brazil.REVISTA DO INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL DE SAO PAULO,60.
MLA Ramos de Araujo, Paulo Sergio,et al."Coccidioidomycosis: first cases reported in Pernambuco, Brazil".REVISTA DO INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL DE SAO PAULO 60(2018).
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