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Coccidioidomycosis: first cases reported in Pernambuco, Brazil

Araújo, Paulo Sergio Ramos de; Souza Junior, Valter Romão de; Padilha, Carlos Eduardo; Oliveira, Marta Iglis de; Arraes, Luciana Cardoso

Coccidioidomycosis is a fungal infection caused by Coccidioides immitis or Coccidioides posadasii. These fungi are known to thrive in desert climate. Fungi produce infectious arthroconidia in soil, they are aerosolized in the air and when inhaled by humans, usually cause infections such as pneumonia. The first cases of coccidioidomycosis in Brazil were reported in 1978. Since then, there have been other reports...

Date: 2018 | Origin: Oasisbr

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