Abstract
Of 150,000 new coccidioidomycosis infections that occur annually in the United States, ≈1% disseminate; one third of those cases are fatal. Immunocompromised hosts have higher rates of dissemination. We identified 8 patients with disseminated coccidioidomycosis who had defects in the interleukin-12/interferon-γ and STAT3 axes, indicating that these are critical host defense pathways.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 308-311 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Emerging infectious diseases |
Volume | 23 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 2017 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Epidemiology
- Microbiology (medical)
- Infectious Diseases