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Coccidioidomycosis in armadillo hunters from the state of Ceará, Brazil

2012; Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde; Volume: 107; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/s0074-02762012000600017

1678-8060

Raimunda Sâmia Nogueira Brillhante, Renato Evando Moreira Filho, Marcos Fábio Gadelha Rocha, Débora de Souza Collares Maia Castelo‐Branco, Maria Auxiliadora Bezerra Fechine, Rita Amanda Chaves de Lima, Yuri Vieira Cunha Picanço, Rossana de Aguiar Cordeiro, Zoilo Pires dè Camargo, José Ájax Nogueira Queiroz, Roberto Wagner Bezerra de Araújo, Jacó Ricarte Lima de Mesquita, José Júlio Costa Sidrim,

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Coccidioidomycosis is a systemic mycosis with a variable clinical presentation. Misdiagnosis of coccidioidomycosis as bacterial pneumopathy leads to inappropriate prescription of antibiotics and delayed diagnosis. This report describes an outbreak among armadillo hunters in northeastern Brazil in which an initial diagnosis of bacterial pneumonia was later confirmed as coccidioidomycosis caused by Coccidioides posadasii. Thus, this mycosis should be considered as an alternative diagnosis in patients reporting symptoms of pneumonia, even if these symptoms are only presented for a short period, who are from areas considered endemic for this disease.