Suspected Acute Pulmonary Coccidioidomycosis in Traveler Returning to Switzerland from Peru

Neumayr A.; Rickerts V.; Ackermann S.; Castelblanco F.; Kuenzli E.; Durovic A.; Seas C. · Emerging Infectious Diseases (2024) · DOI: 10.3201/eid3011.241034

Resumen

We report a suspected case of acute pulmonary coccidioidomycosis contracted in Peru, where the disease is not known to occur, in a patient from Switzerland. Although not confirmed by direct diagnostic testing, the clinical manifestations and serologic testing results of this case are highly suggestive of coccidioidomycosis.

Instituciones: Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia