Coccidioides Immitis: Two Cases of Misidentified Mycosis. Issue 7 (2008)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Lee, Christine H; Wilcox, Lindsay; Chorneyko, Katherine; McIvor, Andrew
• Is Part Of: Canadian respiratory journal. Volume 15:Issue 7(2008)
• Page Start: 377
• Page End: 379
• Publication Date: 2008
• Subjects: Coccidioides immitis -- Pulmonary mycosis; Respiratory organs -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Respiration -- Canada -- Periodicals; Respiration; Respiratory organs -- Diseases; Canada; Respiratory Tract Diseases -- Periodicals; Periodicals; Periodicals; 616.2
• DOI: 10.1155/2008/540562
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1198-2241

Abstract

Abstract : 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 .