[Tijuana: endemic zone of Coccidioides immitis infection].
To consider a geographical zone as endemic for Coccidioidomycosis, three requisites are necessary: 1. isolation of the causal agent, Coccidioides immitis, from the environment, 2. a prevalence of infection among the population of that area of at least 5%, and 3. the demonstration of clinical cases of coccidioidomycosis in that population. There are no previous reports on the endemicity of Coccidioidomycosis in Tijuana, Baja California, mexico. We are reporting: a) the isolation of the causal agent, C. immitis from the environment, b) the results of a survey with intradermal antigens of the fungus, with a prevalence of infection among 1 128 healthy subjects of 10%, and c) the incidence of this systemic mycosis among the population of patients of the Tijuana General Hospital during a three-year period.
Laniado Laborin
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Hospital General de Tijuana, Facultad de Medicina, Tijuana.
Cárdenas Moreno
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Alvarez Cerro
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D003047:Coccidioidomycosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D012737:Sex Factors
Tijuana: zona endémica de infección por Coccidioides immitis.