title: Coccidioidomycosis: Experience From a Children's Hospital in an Area of Endemicity.
abstract: The incidence of coccidioidomycosis is increasing, and published pediatric experience is limited. This study further characterizes pediatric coccidioidomycosis by describing experience with 64 patients cared for at Children's Hospital of Los Angeles over 20 years, with focus on sites of involvement and severity, as well as serologic profiles of affected children.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
authors.forename: Dimana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dimitrova
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles and Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles.
authors.forename: Lawrence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ross
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003047:Coccidioidomycosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000208:ethnology / Q000276:immunology; D003168:Complement Fixation Tests; D018450:Disease Progression; D019353:Endemic Diseases; D005260:Female; D015725:Fluconazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006261:Headache / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D006760:Hospitalization; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D015141:Los Angeles / Q000453:epidemiology; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000208:ethnology / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012640:Seizures / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D012720:Severity of Illness Index
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D015725:Fluconazole
keywords: disseminated coccidioidomycosis; pulmonary coccidioidomycosis