1.
Trop Doct
; 44(1): 25-8, 2014 Jan.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-24265192
ABSTRACT
We describe a possible imported case of osteo-articular coccidioidomycosis in India. Culture of the computed tomography-guided aspirate revealed the growth of Coccidioides spp., which was identified as Coccidioides posadasii by sequencing of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of rDNA. He was successfully treated with amphotericin B followed by itraconazole. All the previous published reports of coccidioidomycosis cases diagnosed in India are also reviewed in order to increase the awareness of this disease in non-endemic areas.
Subject(s)
Coccidioides/genetics , Coccidioides/isolation & purification , Coccidioidomycosis/diagnosis , Adult , Amphotericin B/therapeutic use , Antifungal Agents/therapeutic use , Biopsy, Fine-Needle , Coccidioides/classification , Coccidioidomycosis/drug therapy , Coccidioidomycosis/microbiology , Diagnosis, Differential , Humans , India , Itraconazole/therapeutic use , Male , Tomography, X-Ray Computed , Treatment Outcome , Tuberculosis
2.
Natl Med J India
; 25(5): 301-3, 2012.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-23448634
