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Volume 30, Number 11—November 2024
Research Letter

Suspected Acute Pulmonary Coccidioidomycosis in Traveler Returning to Switzerland from Peru

Andreas Neumayr1Comments to Author , Volker Rickerts1, Sina Ackermann, Felipe Castelblanco, Esther Kuenzli, Ana Durovic1, and Carlos Seas1
Author affiliation: James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia (A. Neumayr); Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland (A. Neumayr, E. Kuenzli, A. Durocic); University of Basel, Basel (A. Neumayr, E. Kuenzli, A. Durocic); Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany (V. Rickerts, S. Ackermann); Institute Art Gender Nature Basel Academy of Art and Design FHNW, Basel (F. Castelblanco); Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru (C. Seas); Hospital Cayetano Heredia, Lima (C. Seas).

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Figure 1

Computed tomography scan findings of a patient with a suspected case of coccidioidomycosis contracted in Peru and the changes in findings seen over 12 months while in treatment in Switzerland, 2022 and 2023. Blue arrows highlight the pulmonary consolidation and regression over time. White arrows highlight the enlarged infracarinal lymphnodes and their regression and normalization over time.

Figure 1. Computed tomography scan findings of a patient with a suspected case of coccidioidomycosis contracted in Peru and the changes in findings seen over 12 months while in treatment in Switzerland, 2022 and 2023. Blue arrows highlight the pulmonary consolidation and regression over time. White arrows highlight the enlarged infracarinal lymphnodes and their regression and normalization over time.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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