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Newsletter 71 – Coccidioidomycosis: physicians and other health care professionals should be alert to this emerging disease

A few weeks ago, three people of the same family from Serra Talhada, Pajeú hinterlands (PE), were diagnosed as infected with coccidioidomycosis, a respiratory disease caused by fungus Coccidioides posadasii (C. immitis). This is the first time the disease is reported in the state. The disease has been diagnosed..

14/06/2017

A few weeks ago, three people of the same family from Serra Talhada, Pajeú hinterlands (PE), were diagnosed as infected with coccidioidomycosis, a respiratory disease caused by fungus Coccidioides posadasii (C. immitis). This is the first time the disease is reported in the state. The disease has been diagnosed..…