Coccidioidomycosis in armadillo hunters from the state of Ceará, Brazil

Coccidioidomycosis in armadillo hunters from the state of Ceará, Brazil

Coccidioidomycosis is a systemic mycosis with a variable clinical presentation. Misdiagnosis of coccidioidomycosis as bacterial pneumopathy leads to inappropriate prescription of antibiotics and delayed diagnosis. This report describes an outbreak among armadillo hunters in northeastern Brazil in wh...

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Main Authors: Raimunda Sâmia Nogueira Brillhante, Renato Evando Moreira Filho, Marcos Fábio Gadelha Rocha, Débora de Souza Collares Maia Castelo-Branco, Maria Auxiliadora Bezerra Fechine, Rita Amanda Chaves de Lima, Yuri Vieira Cunha Picanço, Rossana de Aguiar Cordeiro, Zoilo Pires de Camargo, José Ajax Nogueira Queiroz, Roberto Wagner Bezerra de Araujo, Jacó Ricarte Lima de Mesquita, José Júlio Costa Sidrim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2012-09-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
Subjects:
pneumonia
coccidioidomycosis
micro-epidemic
diagnosis
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