Acute Pulmonary Coccidioidomycosis and Review of Published Cases with Lung Involvement in Korea.
- Author:
Ji Hyun OH
1
;
Hyo Shik KIM
;
Kyu Tae YOON
;
Yena KANG
;
Changwook MIN
;
So My KOO
;
Jung Hwa HWANG
;
Ki Up KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Hospital, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. kukim@schmc.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Pulmonary coccidioidomycosis;
Endemic diseases;
Pulmonary fungal infection
- MeSH:
Asian Americans;
Biopsy, Needle;
Coccidioides;
Coccidioidomycosis*;
Diagnosis;
Endemic Diseases;
Eosinophilia;
Humans;
Incidence;
Korea*;
Lung Diseases, Fungal;
Lung*;
Thorax;
United States
- From:Soonchunhyang Medical Science
2015;21(2):159-163
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
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.
