Mariana Noelia Viale, María Cecilia López-Joffre, Andrea Nora Motter, Patricia Evangelina Mansilla, Flavia Gisele Vivot, Facundo Manuel Muise Acevedo, Viviana Del Valle David, Silvia Guadalupe Carrizo, Julián Serrano, Yone Chacón, Patricia Carola Miranda, Christian Alvarez, María Sofía Colombres, Fernando Riera, Florencia Dávalos, Norma Fernández, Analía Fernández, Gladys Posse, Laura Fraenza, Alejandrina Giordano, Adela Ampuero, Susana Amigot, Liliana Guelfand, Patricia Formosa, Mónica Machain, Romina Saavedra, Gustavo Giusiano, Adriana Inés Toranzo, Cristina Elena Canteros
The National Reference Laboratory in Clinical Mycology of Argentina conducted a retrospective review of human coccidioidomycosis cases diagnosed by the National Mycology Laboratory Network of Argentina between 2010 and 2022 to determine the burden of the disease in the country. A total of 100 human coccidioidomycosis cases were documented, with a higher prevalence in male patients (male-to-female ratio of 1.9:1), with a median age of 41 years. Comparing the number of cases between two ten-year periods (2000-2009 and 2010-2019), the increase was 36...
March 13, 2024: Medical Mycology