Laboratory-acquired Coccidioidomycosis
Authors: JOSEPH E. JOHNSON
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1964)

Article1 June 1964Laboratory-acquired CoccidioidomycosisA Report of 210 CasesJOSEPH E. JOHNSON III, M.D., JOHN E. PERRY, M.D., F. ROBERT FEKETY, M.D., PAUL J. KADULL, M.D., LEIGHTON E. CLUFF, M.D., F.A.C.P.JOSEPH E. JOHNSON III, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, JOHN E. PERRY, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, F. ROBERT FEKETY, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, PAUL J. KADULL, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, LEIGHTON E. CLUFF, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-60-6-941 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn the United States, coccidioidomycosis has been rather sharply localized to six states in the southwestern part of the country. It is within this area, corresponding to the Lower Sonoran zone, that the organism Coccidioides immitis is indigenous to the soil, and the disease is endemic (1).The organism is found near the edges of semiarid areas with fine soil where dust clouds are easily generated. In these locations individuals involved in certain types of outdoor pursuits, such as agriculture, are likely to inhale the organism and become infected (2). Coccidioidomycosis, therefore, is often an occupationally related disease.The cultural...References1. FIESE MJ: Coccidioidomycosis. Charles C Thomas, Springfield, Illinois, 1958. Google Scholar2. SMITH CE: Epidemiology of acute coccidioidomycosis with erythema nodosum. Amer. J. Public Health 30:600, 1940. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. KRUSE BS: Potential aerogenic laboratory hazards of Coccidioides immitis. Amer. J. Clin. Path. 37: 150, 1962. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. SALVIN SB: Current concepts of diagnostic erology and skin hypersensitivity in the mycoses. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Baltimore, MarylandFrom the Division of Allergy and Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland.This work was supported in part by contract with the Chemical Corps DA-18-064-AMC-104 (A), and in part by the National Institutes of Health training grant 2-E9, United States Public Health Service, Bethesda, Maryland.This paper was presented in part at the Forty-fourth Annual Session of the American College of Physicians, Denver, Colorado, April 1-6, 1963.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Joseph E. Johnson, III, M.D., Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 601 N. Broadway, Baltimore 5, Maryland. 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