Congenital Coccidioidomycosis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Naeem, Fouzia; Vijayan, Vini; Kim, Bonnie Y; Rahmati, Elham; McCarty, James
- Source
- Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society. Jul2021, Vol. 10 Issue 7, p789-792. 4p.
- Subject
- *COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS
*MYCOSES
*FLUCONAZOLE
*LITERATURE reviews
*VERTICAL transmission (Communicable diseases)
*CHILDREN
- Language
- ISSN
- 2048-7193
Coccidioidomycosis in neonates is rare and the acquisition of disease in this age group is not well understood. Congenital coccidioidomycosis is very rare, usually associated with coccidioidal placentitis. Only a handful of cases of congenital coccidioidomycosis have been described in the literature. We describe an infant with congenital coccidioidomycosis delivered by cesarean section to a mother who was diagnosed with disseminated disease in the second trimester and summarize the available literature on congenital coccidioidomycosis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]