Disseminated Coccidioidomycosis in AIDS
Authors:
- D I AbramsDAD I Abrams
- M RobiaMRM Robia
- W BlumenfeldWBW Blumenfeld
- J SimonsonJSJ Simonson
- M B CohenMCM B Cohen
- W K HadleyWHW K Hadley
- 12 April 1984
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 310 (15) , 986-987
Abstract
To the Editor: Candida albicans and Cryptococcus neoformans are the most common pathogens causing fungal disease in patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).1 , 2 To date, infection with Coccidioides immitis has not been reported, which is surprising in view of the pervasiveness of this organism in parts of California. We now describe a case of disseminated C. immitis in a patient with AIDS.A 30-year-old white homosexual man was evaluated in the AIDS Clinic at San Francisco General Hospital in October 1983. He had a history of hepatitis B infection, syphilis, Condyloma acuminatum infection, Endolimax nana infection, and 14 months . . .Keywords
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