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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2004, p. 1247-1249, Vol. 42, No. 3
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.3.1247-1249.2003
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Parasitic Mycelial Forms of Coccidioides Species in Mexican Patients

B. Muñoz,1 L. R. Castañón,2 I. Calderón,3 M. E. Vázquez,4 and M. E. Manjarrez1*

Department of Virology Research,1 Pediatrics Service,3 Department of Pathological Anatomy, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias (National Institute for Respiratory Diseases) (INER),4 Medical Mycology Laboratory, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, (National Autonomous University of México) (UNAM), Mexico City, Mexico2

Received 27 June 2003/ Returned for modification 31 August 2003/ Accepted 8 November 2003

Of 26 cases of coccidioidomycosis reported here, 15 showed hyphae, atypical parasitic structures of Coccidioides spp. in fresh cytologic and/or histologic specimen preparations. The finding of this morphology could have implications which should be considered, especially when the disease affects areas of nonendemicity.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Departmento de Investigación en Virología, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Calzada de Tlalpan 4502, Col. Sección XVI, Mexico City C.P. 14080, Mexico. Phone: 55 56 66 45 39, ext. 123. Fax: 55 56 66 45 39. E-mail: meuman{at}diego.iner.gob.mx.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2004, p. 1247-1249, Vol. 42, No. 3
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.3.1247-1249.2003
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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