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- Title
Disseminated Coccidioidomycosis to the Gallbladder.
- Authors
Grewal, Kulraj; Bajaj, Tushar; Petersen, Greti; Munoz, Augustine; Froush, Arman; Heidari, Arash
- Abstract
Coccidioidomycosis is an infection caused by inhalation of arthroconidia produced by dimorphic fungi in the genus Coccidioides. Forty percent of patients will develop an influenza-like illness with symptoms suggestive of a mild and self-limited respiratory infection; however, 5% of these individuals will develop extrapulmonary disseminated disease. An immunocompromised patient presented with right upper quadrant pain, ultrasound with pericholecystic fluid, in which a percutaneous cholecystostomy contained biliary fluid that grew the fungus Coccidioides immitis. Patient was initiated on intravenous amphotericin therapy and was followed closely with postoperative bile drainage with eventual laparoscopic cholecystectomy. We present a very rare case of disseminated coccidioidomycosis to the gallbladder.
- Publication
Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports, 2020, Vol 8, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2324-7096
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/2324709620910636