Kern Medical, Bakersfield, CA, USA.
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, USA.
J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep. 2022 Jan-Dec;10:23247096221075906. doi: 10.1177/23247096221075906.
Coccidioidomycosis is a disease found in the southwestern United States and caused by inhalation of arthroconidia of and . Although the disease is most commonly asymptomatic or respiratory, it has a propensity to disseminate to any tissue in the body with the most common being skin, bone, joints, and central nervous system. This case demonstrates the dissemination of coccidioidomycosis to several foci along with a rare form of parenchymal dissemination with an unusual neuroradiological finding.
球孢子菌病是一种在美国西南部发现的疾病,由 和 的关节孢子吸入引起。尽管这种疾病最常见的是无症状或呼吸道,但它有向身体任何组织传播的倾向,最常见的是皮肤、骨骼、关节和中枢神经系统。本病例显示了球孢子菌病向多个病灶的传播,以及一种罕见的实质传播形式和一种不寻常的神经放射学发现。