Open AccessCoccidioides Immitis: Two Cases of Misidentified Mycosis
Author(s) -
Christine H. Lee,
Lindsay Wilcox,
Katherine Chorneyko,
Andrew McIvor
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
canadian respiratory journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.675
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1916-7245
pISSN - 1198-2241
DOI - 10.1155/2008/540562
Subject(s) - coccidioides immitis , medicine , coccidioides , confusion , mycosis , blastomycosis , pathology , dermatology , immunology , psychoanalysis , psychology
In the present report, two cases of pulmonary coccidioidomycosis that caused a diagnostic confusion are presented. The first case was initially misdiagnosed as nonsmall cell carcinoma, and both cases were initially misidentified as blastomycosis because of the presence of an atypical morphological form of Coccidioides immitis.
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