Pneumothorax in a Young Man in Brooklyn, New York

Tiu, Ceres T.; Cook, Jonathan L.; Piñeros, Diego; Rankin, Linda F.; Lin, Yu Shia; Ghitan, Monica; Brichkov, Igor; Shaw, Jason A.; Chapnick, Edward K.

doi:10.1093/cid/cir640

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“…15,24 Pleural inflammation may result in effusion, empyema, and/or pneumothorax. 25 If untreated, a coccidioidal antibody-seropositive, HIV-infected individual is at risk of serious disease, with the degree of severity inversely proportional to absolute CD4 counts <250/mm 3 . Bone and joint involvement is rare in HIV-infected patients.…”

Section: Coccidioidomycosis (Last Updated November 6 2013; Last Revimentioning

confidence: 99%

“…25,33 Culture, microscopy, and serology have been the methods used for diagnosis, but newer tests, including coccidioidal galactomannan antigen detection in urine, 1,34 are especially useful for diagnosis in immunocompromised hosts. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays that target specific coccidioidal genes have been developed but are not yet commercially available.…”

Section: Coccidioidomycosis (Last Updated November 6 2013; Last Revimentioning

confidence: 99%

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Section: Coccidioidomycosis (Last Updated November 6 2013; Last Revimentioning

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Close encounters of three kinds: Case-based report of endemic mycoses in the environs of New York city

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Pleural coccidioidomycosis presenting as spontaneous pneumothorax

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Hunter

2018

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is a fungus endemic to Southwestern USA and Northern Mexico which can be asymptomatic or result in a well-defined clinical syndrome of community-acquired pneumonia. On rare occasion, coccidioidomycosis may have atypical presentations as in our patient, a 25-year-old man admitted with a 2-month history of progressive dyspnoea and cough. He was found to have a large right-sided pneumothorax with exudative pleural effusion which did not resolve following thoracentesis. Decortication was performed which revealed a dense rind of inflammatory tissue covering all lobes of his right lung. Histopathology demonstrated hyphae resembling , but culture and serology confirmed Following several months of antifungal therapy, he achieved complete clinical recovery with near-complete resolution of radiographic findings.

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Pneumothorax in a Young Man in Brooklyn, New York

Cited by 3 publications

References 9 publications

Guidelines for the Prevention and Treatment of Opportunistic Infections in HIV-Exposed and HIV-Infected Children

Guidelines for the Prevention and Treatment of Opportunistic Infections in HIV-Exposed and HIV-Infected Children

Close encounters of three kinds: Case-based report of endemic mycoses in the environs of New York city

Pleural coccidioidomycosis presenting as spontaneous pneumothorax

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