Coccidioidomicosis y su escaso conocimiento en nuestro país

Abstract

COCCIDIODOMYCOSIS IS AN INFECTIONS DISEASE NOT NECESSARILY NOTIFIABLE. THIS ACCOUNTS FOR OUR IGNORANCE OF ITS PREVALENCE IN SUPPOSED ENDEMIC AREAS IN MEXICO. THIS PAPER PRESENTS A RESUME OF THE KNOWN EPIDEMIOLOGIC AND CLINICAL ASPECTS OF THIS MYCOSIS AS WELL AS THE LABORATORY TESTS THAT HELP TO MAKE A CORRECT DIAGNOSIS. FINALLY THE THERAPEUTIC POSSIBILITIESARE REMINDED, BOTH FOR THE SIMPLE CASES AND FOR THE SERIOUS EXTRAPULMONARY INVASION OR THE MENINGEAL INVOLVEMENT.