COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS PRESENTING AS A CYSTIC SWELLING IN RIGHT SIDE OF NECK: A CASE REPORT
Autor: | Saurav Banerjee, Rabindra Kumar Singh, Bindhyachal Kumar Gupta, Purnima Bharati, Chandan Sardar, Ramesh Kumar Shrivastav, Manendra Kumar |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Zdroj: | Journal of Evidence Based Medicine and Healthcare, Vol 3, Iss 48, Pp 2463-2464 (2016) |
ISSN: | 2349-2570 2349-2562 |
Popis: | Coccidioidomycosis is a fungal disease found in the desert soils of Western Hemisphere. Histopathological examination is the key to the diagnosis when fungal culture and molecular studies are not available. Disease in non-endemic area is usually imported. But here we have reported a case of coccidioidomycosis found indigenous in Jharkhand, to our best of knowledge, where the patient had no history of travel to endemic regions. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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