Coccidioidomycosis: Changing Concepts and Knowledge Gaps

Although first described more than 120 years ago, much remains unknown about coccidioidomycosis. In this review, new information that has led to changing concepts will be reviewed and remaining gaps in our knowledge will be discussed. In particular, new ideas regarding ecology and epidemiology, prob...

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Autor principal: Ampel, Neil M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7770576/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33321746
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jof6040354
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description Although first described more than 120 years ago, much remains unknown about coccidioidomycosis. In this review, new information that has led to changing concepts will be reviewed and remaining gaps in our knowledge will be discussed. In particular, new ideas regarding ecology and epidemiology, problems and promises of diagnosis, controversies over management, and the possibility of a vaccine will be covered.
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spelling pubmed-77705762020-12-30 Coccidioidomycosis: Changing Concepts and Knowledge Gaps Ampel, Neil M. J Fungi (Basel) Review Although first described more than 120 years ago, much remains unknown about coccidioidomycosis. In this review, new information that has led to changing concepts will be reviewed and remaining gaps in our knowledge will be discussed. In particular, new ideas regarding ecology and epidemiology, problems and promises of diagnosis, controversies over management, and the possibility of a vaccine will be covered. MDPI 2020-12-10 /pmc/articles/PMC7770576/ /pubmed/33321746 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jof6040354 Text en © 2020 by the author. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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title_short Coccidioidomycosis: Changing Concepts and Knowledge Gaps
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7770576/
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