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DOI | 10.1590/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
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ISSN | 0036-4665 |
EISSN | 1678-9946 |
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 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | 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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