Coccidioidomycosis: an unusual cause of acute respiratory distress syndrome

dc.creatorVeras, Kelson Nobre
dc.creatorFigueirêdo, Bruno C. de Souza
dc.creatorMartins, Liline Maria Soares
dc.creatorVasconcelos, Jayro T. Paiva
dc.creatorWanke, Bodo
dc.date2023-02-12T00:12:54Z
dc.date2023-02-12T00:12:54Z
dc.date2003
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-26T22:15:12Z
dc.date.available2023-09-26T22:15:12Z
dc.identifierVERAS, Kelson Nobre et al. Coccidioidomycosis: an unusual cause of acute respiratory distress syndrome. Jornal de Pneumologia. Rio de Janeiro, v. 29, n. 1, p. 45-48, 2003.
dc.identifier0102-3586
dc.identifierhttps://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/57024
dc.identifier10.1590/S0102-35862003000100010
dc.identifier1678-4642
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/8876873
dc.descriptionA male farmer, 20 years old, from the countryside of the State of Piauí, developed acute respiratory infection. Despite adequate antimicrobial therapy, his conditions worsened, requiring mechanical ventilation. His X-rays showed diffuse pulmonary infiltrates. His PaO2/FiO2 ratio was 58. Direct microscopy and culture of tracheal aspirates showed the presence of Coccidioides immitis. Autochthonous cases of coccidioidomycosis have only recently been described in Brazil, most of them from the State of Piauí. C. immitis has been isolated from humans, dogs and armadillos (Dasypus novemcinctus), and also from soil samples of armadillo’s burrows. Failure to respond to antimicrobial therapy and a patient’s origin from recognized endemic areas should alert to the possibility of acute pulmonary coccidioidomycosis.
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dc.languageeng
dc.publisherSociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia
dc.rightsopen access
dc.subjectCoccidioides immitis
dc.subjectCoccidioidomycosis
dc.subjectRespiratory distress syndrome
dc.titleCoccidioidomycosis: an unusual cause of acute respiratory distress syndrome
dc.typeArticle


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