Acute Pulmonary Coccidioidomycosis and Review of Published Cases with Lung Involvement in Korea
Soonchunhyang Medical Science
;
: 159-163, 2015.
Artículo
en Inglés
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-44741
ABSTRACT
Coccidioidomycosis is a fungal infection caused by Coccidioides immitis. The endemic area is mostly south-western United States. As increasing in overseas travel to endemic areas, the incidence rate has been recently increased in non-endemic areas. The diagnosis may be delayed in non-endemic area. It is important to elicit traveling histories and to differentiate lung consolidation with eosinophilia, for timely diagnosis of coccidioidomycosis. Recently, we experienced a case with pulmonary coccidioidomycosis in a Korean American who visited Korea showed consolidation in right lower lobe on chest X-ray and prolonged eosinophilia. In the case, a confirmatory diagnostic method was percutaneous transthoracic needle biopsy of lung. We report acute pulomonary coccidioidomycosis case and review previous published reports with pulmonary manifestation in Korea.
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Asunto principal:
Tórax
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Estados Unidos
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Biopsia con Aguja
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Asiático
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Incidencia
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Coccidioides
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Coccidioidomicosis
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Enfermedades Endémicas
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Diagnóstico
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Eosinofilia
Tipo de estudio:
Estudio diagnóstico
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Estudio de incidencia
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Estudio pronóstico
Límite:
Humanos
País/Región como asunto:
America del Norte
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Asia
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
Soonchunhyang Medical Science
Año:
2015
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
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