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Growing up in Tucson and going to med school @UAZMedTucson, I thought I knew a lot about #coccidioidomycosis. Definitely not!
Here we discuss history, epidemiology, ecology, some cool facts about #Cocci, and reasons why #fluconazole may not be the best drug for Cocci.
Growing up in Tucson and going to med school @UAZMedTucson, I thought I knew a lot about #coccidioidomycosis. Definitely not!
Here we discuss history, epidemiology, ecology, some cool facts about #Cocci, and reasons why #fluconazole may not be the best drug for Cocci.
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In 1892 in Argentina, Alejandro Posadas wrote the first report of a pt w/ disseminated cutaneous cocci
Shortly after, a laborer in San Joaquin valley also had skin lesions
Skin biopsies of both pts revealed protozoa-like orgs, similar to Coccidia
academic.oup.com/cid/article/44…
In 1892 in Argentina, Alejandro Posadas wrote the first report of a pt w/ disseminated cutaneous cocci
Shortly after, a laborer in San Joaquin valley also had skin lesions
Skin biopsies of both pts revealed protozoa-like orgs, similar to Coccidia
academic.oup.com/cid/article/44…
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Here are images of the first patient diagnosed with #Cocci, Domingo Escurra, by Alejandro Posadas
@StanDeresinski
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30690606
Here are images of the first patient diagnosed with #Cocci, Domingo Escurra, by Alejandro Posadas
@StanDeresinski
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30690606
