Soonchunhyang Med Sci.
2015 Dec;21(2):159-163. 10.0000/sms.2015.21.2.159.
Acute Pulmonary Coccidioidomycosis and Review of Published Cases with Lung Involvement in Korea
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Hospital, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. kukim@schmc.ac.kr
- 2Department of Radiology, Soonchunhyang University Hospital, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- KMID: 2317780
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.0000/sms.2015.21.2.159
Abstract
- Coccidioidomycosis is a fungal infection caused by Coccidioides immitis. The endemic area is mostly south-western United States. As increasing in overseas travel to endemic areas, the incidence rate has been recently increased in non-endemic areas. The diagnosis may be delayed in non-endemic area. It is important to elicit traveling histories and to differentiate lung consolidation with eosinophilia, for timely diagnosis of coccidioidomycosis. Recently, we experienced a case with pulmonary coccidioidomycosis in a Korean American who visited Korea showed consolidation in right lower lobe on chest X-ray and prolonged eosinophilia. In the case, a confirmatory diagnostic method was percutaneous transthoracic needle biopsy of lung. We report acute pulomonary coccidioidomycosis case and review previous published reports with pulmonary manifestation in Korea.
