Risk Factors for Disseminated Coccidioidomycosis, United States

Of 150,000 new coccidioidomycosis infections that occur annually in the United States, ≈1% disseminate; one third of those cases are fatal. Immunocompromised hosts have higher rates of dissemination. We identified 8 patients with disseminated coccidioidomycosis who had defects in the interleukin-12/...

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Main Authors: Camila D. Odio, Beatriz E. Marciano, John N. Galgiani, Steven M. Holland
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017-02-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/2/16-0505_article