Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Exudative pleurisy of coccidioidomycosis: A case report and review of the literature | Journal of Medical Case Reports BioMed Central Open Access Case report Exudative pleurisy of coccidioidomycosis A case report and review of the literature Kamyar Afshar Ayana BoydKing and Om P Sharma Address Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Keck School of Medicine University of Southern California 1200 North State Street GH 11900 Los Angeles CA 90033 USA Email Kamyar Afshar - kafshar@ Ayana BoydKing - aboyd@ Om P Sharma - osharma@ Corresponding author Published 3 September 2008 Received 29 August 2007 Journal of Medical Case Reports 2008 2 291 doi 1752-1947-2-291 Accepted 3 September 2008 This article is available from http content 2 1 291 2008 Afshar et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract_ Introduction Community-acquired pneumonia is the most common manifestation in primary coccidioides infections Coccidioides immitis C. posadasii . It is essential that this endemic dimorphic fungus be considered in order to proceed with the most appropriate diagnostic tools and therapy. Case presentation We present a rare case of primary pleural coccidioides and a review of the current literature for optimal diagnostic methods and therapeutic strategies. Conclusion With increased domestic and international travel coccidioidomycosis will likely be encountered in nonendemic regions. Recognition by physicians is critical for a timely diagnosis and therapy. Tissue culture can assist in the diagnosis and polymerase chain reaction analysis shows potential as a possible addition. Introduction Coccidioides species which are dimorphic fungi are endemic to the Southwest United .
