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1179. Septic shock in Coccidioides immitis Infection

BACKGROUND: Coccidiodes can cause severe or disseminated disease in a minority of patients, but coccidioidomycosis resulting in septic shock is rare. We describe a case of fulminant C. immitis infection whose diagnosis was delayed by a markedly elevated serum procalcitonin. We review the published l...

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Autores principales: Wisniewski, Piotr, Ewers, Evan C, Maves, Ryan C
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7776671/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa439.1365