| twelve years of coccidioidomycosis in ceará state, northeast brazil: epidemiologic and diagnostic aspects. | coccidioidomycosis is an endemic infection in the americas caused by the dimorphic fungi coccidioides immitis and coccidioides posadasii. although the disease occurs in brazil in sporadic form, little information about these cases is available. in this study, we summarize the most important clinical, epidemiologic, and diagnostic features of coccidioidomycosis in ceará state (northeast brazil) during the past 12 years. in this period, 19 cases of coccidioidomycosis were diagnosed. all the patien ... | 2010 | 19117713 |
| chapter 2: coccidioidomycosis. | coccidioidomycosis is a systemic mycosis caused by the dimorphic fungi coccidioides immitis and coccidioides posadasii. infection is acquired by inhalation of infective arthroconidia that live in the soil. in 60% of cases, the infection is benign and resolves spontaneously. in the northern hemisphere, coccidioidomycosis is endemic to arid and semi-arid regions at latitudes between 40 degrees n and 40 degrees s, particularly in the southwestern united states and in northern mexico. in the semi-ar ... | 2009 | 19820819 |