Asif, Abuzar A and Roy, Moni and Ahmad, Sharjeel (2021) More than Valley Fever: Pulmonary Actinomycosis and Coccidioidomycosis Co-infection in a Patient. European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 8 (7). pp. 1-4. ISSN 2284-2594
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Abstract
Pulmonary coccidioidomycosis and pulmonary actinomycosis are unheard of as co-pathogens. Infection with these organisms on their own can mimic lung cancer, thus presenting a diagnostic challenge. We present the case of a 75-year-old woman presenting with haemoptysis with a chest CT chest finding of a lung mass suggestive of lung cancer. A diagnosis of concomitant infection by Coccidioides posadasii/immitis and Actinomyces odontolyticus was made based on culture and histopathology results. The patient was successfully treated with a combination of antifungal and antibacterial therapy. This is the first reported case of co-infection by these two microorganisms
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Actinomyces, actinomycosis, Coccidioides, coccidioidomycosis, co-infection |
| Subjects: | 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) > 616 Malattie (classificare qui la Clinica medica, la medicina basata sull'evidenza, la Medicina interna, la Medicina sperimentale) |
| Depositing User: | Marina Spanti |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Jan 2022 15:59 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Jan 2022 15:59 |
| URI: | http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/21442 |
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