TY - JOUR

T1 - Overset dødelig infektion med Coccidioides immitis

AU - Andersen, Malthe Frederik Franch

AU - Kurtzhals, Jørgen

AU - Broholm, Helle

AU - Juvik, Bue Fogh

PY - 2020/3/9

Y1 - 2020/3/9

N2 - Coccidioides immitis is a dimorphic fungus endemic to the southwestern North America and Central America. Infection is acquired through inhalation of soil containing spores. This case report describes a case of C. immitis lung abscess and meningoencephalitis in an otherwise healthy 65-year-old woman, who had been on vacation in California. She passed away after three months of medical investigations and treatments, and not until after her death was the diagnosis C. immitis made through a polymerase chain reaction testing of her cerebrospinal fluid. Knowledge of the disease, including proper diagnosis and treatment, is important, also for physicians in non-endemic areas.

AB - Coccidioides immitis is a dimorphic fungus endemic to the southwestern North America and Central America. Infection is acquired through inhalation of soil containing spores. This case report describes a case of C. immitis lung abscess and meningoencephalitis in an otherwise healthy 65-year-old woman, who had been on vacation in California. She passed away after three months of medical investigations and treatments, and not until after her death was the diagnosis C. immitis made through a polymerase chain reaction testing of her cerebrospinal fluid. Knowledge of the disease, including proper diagnosis and treatment, is important, also for physicians in non-endemic areas.

M3 - Tidsskriftartikel

C2 - 32285777

VL - 182

JO - Ugeskrift for Laeger

JF - Ugeskrift for Laeger

SN - 0041-5782

IS - 20

M1 - V11190661

ER -