Detección de infección por Coccidioides immitis en zonas del estado de Coahuila, México. / [Detection of Coccidioides immitis infection in Coahuila, Mexico]
Rev. argent. microbiol
; Rev. argent. microbiol;37(3): 135-8, 2005 Jul-Sep.
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ABSTRACT
Coccidioidomycosis is a mycosis firstly pulmonar caused by Coccidioides immitis; it can be disseminated to central nervous system, bones and skin, principaly. In Mexico, the real frequency of the disease is unknown. The aim of this work was to determine, by skin test and by serology, the infection cases by C. immitis in twelve communities (10 rural and two urban), attended in the Hospital Rural No 79 at the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS) from the Coahuila State, Mexico. Six hundred and sixty eight adult individuals of both sexes were studied, to whom 0.1 ml of coccidioidin by intradermal route was applied; 72 h after, the induration diameter was measured. One hundred eighty individuals were selected and seric anti-C. immitis immunoglobulins levels were determined by ELISA. Six hundred twenty one individuals (93
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Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
País/Região como assunto:
Mexico
Idioma:
Es
Revista:
Rev. argent. microbiol
Ano de publicação:
2005
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Article
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Argentina