Coccidioidomycosis in India: report of a second imported case

Verghese, S; Arjundas, Deepak; Krishnakumar, K. C.; Paidipally, Padmaja; Elizabeth, de Jesús Posada; Padhye, A. A.; Warnock, David W.

doi:10.1080/mmy.40.3.307.309

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“…In India, three cases of pulmonary coccidioidomycosis have been reported from different parts of the country, namely Verghese et al in Chennai,8 Savio et al 9 in Andhra Pradesh and Oberoi et al in New Delhi 10. In all three cases, the patient had a history of travel to or from endemic areas in the USA.…”

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Coccidioidomycosis where you least expect it

Nair

Baikunje²,

Hosmane³

et al. 2022

BMJ Case Rep

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An elderly man without history of travel presented with complaints of intermittent fever for 2 months, cough with scanty expectoration for 15 days and history of weight loss of 5 kg in 1 year. The chest X-ray and CT scan of the thorax showed dispersed centrilobular nodules and patchy subpleural consolidation in both lungs with mediastinal lymphadenopathy. He underwent bronchoscopy and bronchoalveolar lavage culture grew Pseudomonas aeruginosa. He was prescribed antibiotics based on culture sensitivity; however, patient continued to have symptoms. All relevant blood investigations were within normal limits. He underwent CT-guided biopsy of the right lung lesion during which clearing of the radio-opacities present in the initial CT scan and appearance of fresh lesions in different locations were observed. Migratory shadows were suspected. Fine-needle aspiration cytology showed features suggestive of coccidioidomycosis for which antifungals were started. After 1 month, he improved symptomatically and chest X-ray showed clearance of shadows.

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Coccidioidomycosis where you least expect it

Nair

Baikunje²,

Hosmane³

et al. 2022

BMJ Case Rep

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“…Commonly used histological stains, such as the hematoxylin and eosin and PAS distinguish typical morphological structures of coccidioidomycosis spherules and can also differentiate it from budding yeast forms of Blastomyces , Histoplasma , Cryptococcus , or Candida . [3678]…”

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Primary cutaneous coccidioidomycosis: First imported case in north India

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Coccidioidomycosis is a fungal disease found only in the Western Hemisphere. In recent years, the incidence of the disease has increased in California and Arizona, which may be partially due to the rapid immigration of previously unexposed persons from states outside the endemic areas. The disease in the nonendemic areas is usually imported. Determining a history of exposure is critical for performing the diagnosis of coccidioidomycosis in these cases. Histopathological examination is the key to the diagnosis when fungal culture and molecular studies are not available. We hereby report an imported case of cutaneous coccidioidomycosis, which to the best of our knowledge is the first case report from North India.

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“…Other cases have also been reported separately in many regions and countries far away from the endemic areas, including the northeastern states of USA (Desai et al, 2001), the Netherlands (Indhirajanti et al, 2009), Poland (Batura-Gabryel andBrajer, 2008), India (Verghese et al, 2002), Japan (Futsuki et al, 2000;Kishi et al, 2008), and Hong Kong of China (Kwok et al, 2009). All these cases were clearly connected with past traveling activities or residential history in the disease-epidemic region, which is supposed to be an important factor for diagnosis (Indhirajanti et al, 2009).…”

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A case study of imported pulmonary coccidioidomycosis

Wang

Wen

Ying

2011

J. Zhejiang Univ. Sci. B

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Abstract:Coccidioidomycosis is an endemic disease of the Western hemisphere. The cases in non-endemic areas are mostly imported. Determining a history of exposure is critical for performing the diagnosis of coccidioidomycosis, especially for cases occurring in a non-endemic area. In this study, a 71-year-old Chinese male presented to our hospital with chronic cough and malaise, and was found to have a mass in the middle lobe of right lung. He had been visiting Arizona, USA for four months before admission. Pulmonary coccidioidomycosis was confirmed by the results of histopathological examination after lobectomy. Typical microscopic features of Coccidioides are definitely diagnostic, but need be differentiated from other budding yeast infection or carcinoma histopathologically.

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Coccidioidomycosis in India: report of a second imported case

Cited by 31 publications

References 5 publications

Coccidioidomycosis where you least expect it

Coccidioidomycosis where you least expect it

Primary cutaneous coccidioidomycosis: First imported case in north India

A case study of imported pulmonary coccidioidomycosis

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