Articles Tagged With: coccidioidomycosis
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Infectious Disease Alert Updates
California Firefighters at Risk for Cocci; Hyperglycemia and Diabetes with INSTIs; Positive Sputum in Extra-Pulmonary Tuberculosis
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Immunomodulatory Treatment of Disseminated Coccidioidomycosis
A previously healthy 4-year-old boy with no prior serious illnesses was diagnosed with disseminated coccidioidomycosis with prominent skin and bone involvement. Despite treatment with liposomal amphotericin B, antifungal azoles, and surgical debridement, the patient developed progressive disease. Treatment with interferon-gamma slowed disease progression, and later treatment with interleukin-4 and interleukin-13 blockade induced remission of his infection.
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Infectious Disease Alert Updates
California Inmates With Cocci Lose Appeal; Tuberculosis Testing in Small Children
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Infectious Disease Alert Updates
Jump in Cocci Cases, Winter 2017; Who Knew the Ink Was Not Sterile? Homeless Population Requires Hepatitis A Vaccination
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Here Comes the Sun — And Here Comes Coccidioidomycosis
Another occupational outbreak of coccidioidomycosis in solar farm workers in an endemic area points to the continued risk and the difficulty of preventing such occurrences.
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California and Coccidioidomycosis: Be Careful About the Air You Breathe
Cases of coccidioidomycosis significantly increased in 2016.
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Pediatric Coccidioidomycosis in California, 2000-2012
The incidence of pediatric coccidioidomycosis in California has increased significantly from 2000 until 2012, along with hospitalization for complicated disease. Latino children were most commonly infected, but African-American children were significantly more likely to be hospitalized.
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Infectious Disease Alert Updates
Coccidioidomycosis: Is the “Zone” Growing?
Cocci as a Cause of Marine Mammal Mortality
Initial and Much Too Subtle Ebola Virus Infection