1. Coccidioidal Meningitis in New York Traced to Texas by Fungal Genomic Analysis.
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Barker BM, Rajan S, De Melo Teixeira M, Sewnarine M, Roe C, Engelthaler DM, and Galgiani JN
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- Biomarkers, Coccidioidomycosis epidemiology, Contact Tracing, Humans, Infant, Male, Meningitis, Fungal epidemiology, New York epidemiology, Symptom Assessment, Texas epidemiology, Coccidioides genetics, Coccidioidomycosis diagnosis, Coccidioidomycosis microbiology, Genome, Fungal, Genomics methods, Meningitis, Fungal diagnosis, Meningitis, Fungal microbiology
- Abstract
A child developed hydrocephalus. Sixteen months later, it was discovered to be a complication of coccidioidal meningitis. The infection's source was uncertain until genomic analysis of the fungal isolate identified its origin to be a visit to Beeville, Texas. Improved national reporting of cases of coccidioidomycosis might reduce diagnostic delays., (© The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press for the Infectious Diseases Society of America. All rights reserved. For permissions, e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com.)
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- 2019
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