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Christian Olivo-Freites1, Oscar E Gallardo-Huizar2, Christopher J Graber1,3
1Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Abstract:
Coccidioides is a dimorphic fungus that can cause various clinical presentations, mainly pulmonary, skin, musculoskeletal, and in the central nervous system; most reports are in the southwestern area of the USA. We present a case of a young male with a perianal abscess in the absence of any pulmonary or constitutional symptoms. Perianal abscess as initial manifestation is a novel presentation of coccidioidomycosis in the literature.
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