| Disseminated coccidioidomycosis | |
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| Other names | Coccidioidal granuloma |
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| Characteristic skin granulomata on the forehead. | |
| Specialty | Infectious diseases |
Disseminated coccidioidomycosis is a systemic infection caused byCoccidioides immitis. 15-20% of people with the infection developskin lesions.[1]: 315
One of the earliest treatments for the disease was publicized in theNew York State Journal of Medicine in 1959, in an article titled "Disseminated Coccidioidomycosis Treated withAmphotericin B". The case centered around a patient who was admitted to the U.S. Public Health Service Hospital in Seattle, Washington. Before the introduction of Amphotericin B, disseminatedcoccidioidomycosis had no specific chemotherapeutic treatment. Amphotericin B, apolyeneantifungal, was first trialed for this condition approximately three years earlier. Since then, multiple reports have highlighted the medication's clinical effectiveness in patients with coccidioidomycosis.[2]
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