A Rare Case of Coccidioidomycosis Meningitis.
Coccidioidomycosis
Disseminated
Fungal infection
HIV
Immunocompromised
Journal
Journal of medical cases
ISSN: 1923-4163
Titre abrégé: J Med Cases
Pays: Canada
ID NLM: 101551824
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Mar 2023
Mar 2023
Historique:
received:
22
12
2022
accepted:
11
01
2023
medline:
11
4
2023
entrez:
10
4
2023
pubmed:
11
4
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Disseminated coccidioidomycosis is a fungal disease endemic to the Southwest United States as well as South and Central America. This dimorphic fungus typically manifests as pulmonary infection; however, there are very rare instances of extrapulmonary disseminated disease especially in immunocompromised hosts. Here, we present a 46-year-old immunocompromised patient with a recent diagnosis of pulmonary coccidioidomycosis that initially presented with acute respiratory failure and was found to have coccidioidomycosis meningitis. This case highlights that despite early and adequate treatment of a known pulmonary coccidioidomycosis infection, dissemination of the disease can still ensue and should be considered in cases of acute encephalopathy.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37032742
doi: 10.14740/jmc4040
pmc: PMC10079362
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Pagination
81-87Informations de copyright
Copyright 2023, Ghantarchyan et al.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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