RT Book, Section
A1 Wheat, L. Joseph
A1 Goldman, Mitchell
A1 Hage, Chadi A.
A1 Knox, Kenneth S.
A2 Grippi, Michael A.
A2 Elias, Jack A.
A2 Fishman, Jay A.
A2 Kotloff, Robert M.
A2 Pack, Allan I.
A2 Senior, Robert M.
A2 Siegel, Mark D.
SR Print(0)
ID 1122370346
T1 Cryptococcosis and the Endemic Mycoses
T2 Fishman's Pulmonary Diseases and Disorders, 5e
YR 2015
FD 2015
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-179672-9
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1122370346
RD 2024/04/19
AB Histoplasmosis  and  blastomycosis  mostly  afflict  those  living  in  the  Mississippi  and  Ohio  River  Valleys,  while  coccidioidomycosis  occurs  primarily  in  the  Southwestern  desert  of  the  United  States  (Fig.  134-1).  Histoplasmosis  and  coccidioidomycosis  also  are  endemic  in  parts  of  Mexico  and  Central  and  South  America.  Infection  with  Cryptococcus  neoformans  var.  gatti  is  endemic  to  parts  of  British  Columbia,  the  Pacific  Northwest  region  of  the  United  States  and  Australia  while  C.  neoformans  var.  neoformans  exhibits  no  geographical  predilection.  These  mycoses  are  often  mistakenly  diagnosed  and  incorrectly  treated  as  community-acquired  pneumonia  or  sarcoidosis,  resulting  in  serious  morbidity  or  death  in  many  cases.1–3