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Case Reports
. 2005 Jan;11(1):177-9.
doi: 10.3201/eid1101.040613.

Disseminated coccidioidomycosis

Cheng-Yi Wang, Jih-Shuin Jerng, Jen-Chung Ko, Ming-Feng Lin, Cheng-Hsiang Hsiao, Li-Na Lee, Po-Ren Hsueh, Sow-Hsong Kuo
Case Reports

Disseminated coccidioidomycosis

Cheng-Yi Wang et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2005 Jan.
No abstract available

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A) Chest radiograph shows diffuse nodular lesions in both lungs. B) Chest radiographic scan taken 2 months later shows coalescence of nodular shadows and almost complete white-out of bilateral lung fields. C) Hematoxylin and eosin staining of the wound specimen from pleural biopsy site showed spherules of Coccidioides immitis and chronic necrotizing granulomatous inflammation (400x).
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