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KMID : 1214920150210020159
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Soonchunhyang Medical Science
2015 Volume.21 No. 2 p.159 ~ p.163
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Acute Pulmonary Coccidioidomycosis and Review of Published Cases with Lung Involvement in Korea
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Oh Ji-Hyun
Kim Hyo-Shik
Yoon Kyu-Tae
Kang Ye-Na
Min Chang-wook
Koo So-My
Hwang Jung-Hwa
Kim Ki-Up
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Abstract
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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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KEYWORD
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Pulmonary coccidioidomycosis, Endemic diseases, Pulmonary fungal infection
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