Coccidioidomycosis: first cases reported in Pernambuco, Brazil

dc.creatorAraújo, Paulo Sergio Ramos de
dc.creatorSouza Junior, Valter Romão de
dc.creatorPadilha, Carlos Eduardo
dc.creatorOliveira, Marta Iglis de
dc.creatorArraes, Luciana Cardoso
dc.creatorVieira, Roberto
dc.creatorAntunes, Ana
dc.creatorLima Neto, Reginaldo Goncalves de
dc.creatorMarsden, Armando
dc.date2019-03-29T15:16:23Z
dc.date2019-03-29T15:16:23Z
dc.date2018
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-26T20:51:45Z
dc.date.available2023-09-26T20:51:45Z
dc.identifierARAÚJO, P. S. R. de et al. Coccidioidomycosis: First Cases Reported in Pernambuco, Brazil. Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, v. 60, p. 1-5, 14 nov. 2018.
dc.identifier1678-9946
dc.identifierhttps://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/32297
dc.identifier10.1590/S1678-9946201860075
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/8865183
dc.descriptionCoccidioidomycosis is a fungal infection caused by Coccidioides immitis or Coccidioides posadasii. 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.
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dc.languageeng
dc.rightsopen access
dc.subjectCoccidioidomycosis
dc.subjectPneumonia
dc.subjectArmadillos
dc.subjectBrazil
dc.subjectCoccidioides immitis
dc.subjectAdulto
dc.subjectEnvelhecido
dc.subjectAnimais
dc.subjectAntifúngicos / uso terapêutico
dc.subjectTatus / microbiologia
dc.subjectCoccidioidomicose / diagnóstico
dc.subjectCoccidioidomicose / quimioterapia
dc.subjectCoccidioidomicose / transmissão
dc.subjectFluconazol / uso terapêutico
dc.subjectHumanos
dc.subjectDoenças Pulmonares Fúngicas / diagnóstico
dc.subjectDoenças Pulmonares Fúngicas / quimioterapia
dc.subjectDoenças Pulmonares Fúngicas / transmissão
dc.subjectMasculino
dc.titleCoccidioidomycosis: first cases reported in Pernambuco, Brazil
dc.typeArticle


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