Coccidioidomycosis acquired in Washington State

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 847-850

  Marsden Haug, Nicola ^a   Goldoft, Marcia ^a   Ralston, Cindy ^b   Limaye, Ajit P ^d   Chua, Jimmy ^c   Hill, Heather ^b   Jecha, Larry ^b   Thompson, George R ^e   Chiller, Tom ^f  

^a WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b New York City Department of Health   (United States)

^c Kennewick General Hospital   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Coccidioides; coccidioidomycosis; endemic fungi; Washington

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CLINDAMYCIN; COMPLEMENT FIXING ANTIBODY; FLUCONAZOLE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M TUBE PRECIPITIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; PRECIPITIN; SULTAMICILLIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN; VORICONAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COCCIDIOIDES; COCCIDIOIDES IMMITIS; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG MEGADOSE; DYSPNEA; ERYTHEMA MULTIFORME; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MYCOSIS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WASHINGTON;

EID: 84874771270     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cis1028     Document Type: Article

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