Abstract
Although extrapulmonary Coccidioides infection is rare, it has been shown to disseminate to the skin and musculoskeletal system, with a strong affinity for bone. We present a case of disseminated Coccidioides infection with bone scintigraphy indicating diffuse fungemia despite equivocal serum assay, leading to appropriate antifungal therapy and a full recovery.
Keywords:
Mycoses, scintigraphy, Coccidioides
Ethics
Informed Consent: Our institutional IRB protocol doesn’t require documentation of consent for case studies which don’t involve protected health data/patient identifiers.
Authorship Contributions
Concept: T.B.C., Design: T.B.C., C.W., Data Collection or Processing: T.B.C., C.W., Analysis or Interpretation: T.B.C., C.W., Literature Search: T.B.C., C.W., Writing: T.B.C., C.W.
Conflict of Interest: No conflicts of interest were declared by the authors.
Financial Disclosure: The authors declare that this study has received no financial support
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