Musculoskeletal Coccidioidomycosis in the Setting of Adalimumab: A Case Report
Ashkon Nehzati,
Donald Hefelfinger,
Elizabeth Fonte
et al.
Abstract:Musculoskeletal coccidioidomycosis is a rare disseminated fungal infection caused by either
Coccidioides immitis
or
Coccidioides posadasii
endemic to the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, as well as Guatemala, Brazil, and other locations in Central and South America. Symptomatic primary infection of coccidioidomycosis can present as pneumonia with influenza-like symptoms, but the majority of cases remain asymptomatic. When dissemination occurs, th… Show more
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