Volume 23, Number 2—February 2017
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Risk Factors for Disseminated Coccidioidomycosis, United States
Table 2
Patients with disseminated coccidioidomycosis and discrete primary immune deficiencies*
Patient no. (ref) |
Age, y/sex |
Race/
ethnicity |
Medical history |
Extrapulmonary disease |
Relapse |
Method of diagnosis |
Genetic findings |
1 |
4/F |
White |
HIES, recurrent pneumonia and otitis, skin infections, eczema, thrush |
Meningitis |
No |
BAL/CSF cultures |
STAT3: heterozygous (c.2137G>A) |
2 (9) |
17/F |
Not reported |
HIES, Staphylococcus. aureus skin and soft tissue infections, recurrent sinus infections, pneumonia |
Meningitis, cerebral abscess |
No |
Coccidioides Ab, CSF culture |
STAT3: heterozygous (p.T412S) |
3 (10) |
11/M |
White |
11 mo: Mycobacterium chelonei pneumonia 22 y; disseminated M. kansasii |
Osteomyelits, lymphadenitis |
Yes |
Coccidioides Ab level, lymph node biopsy |
IFN-γR1: deficiency (c.818del4fs) |
4 (11)† |
22/F |
Palestinian |
11 y: Salmonella serogroup D lymphadenitis |
Diffuse lymphadenitis |
Yes |
Coccidioides IgM and IgG, lymph node biopsy |
IL-12Rβ1: homozygous (p.C186Y) |
5 (11) |
6/M |
Palestinian |
No other significant history |
Osteomyelitis, lymphadenitis, nasal lesion, |
Yes |
Lymph node, nasal lesion, bone biopsies |
IL-12Rβ1: homozygous (p.C186Y) |
6 |
15/M |
Black |
No other significant history |
Osteomyelitis, soft tissue |
Yes |
BAL cultures, bone and soft biopsies |
IL-12Rβ2: heterozygous (p.C101Y) |
7 (12) |
17/F |
Hispanic |
14 y: extensive, persistent tinea capitis and kerion caused by Trichophyton tonsurans |
Osteomyelitis, soft tissue, cutaneous lesions |
Yes |
Coccidioides Ab, skin biopsy |
STAT1: gain of function mutation
(p.E353K) |
8 (12) | 9.5/F | White | No other significant history | Osteomyelitis, cerebral lesions, intrathoracic lymphadenitis | Yes | Coccidioides Ab | STAT1: gain of function mutation (p.A267V) |
*Ab, antibody; BAL, bronchoalveolar lavage; CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; HIES, hyperimmunoglobulin E (Job’s) syndrome; ref, reference.
†Patients 4 and 5 are siblings, and their parents are first cousins.
References
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Increase in reported coccidioidomycosis—United States, 1998-2011. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2013;62:217–21.PubMed
- US Census Bureau. State & county QuickFacts [cited 2013 Sep 30]. http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/04000.html
- Magee DM, Cox RA. Interleukin-12 regulation of host defenses against Coccidioides immitis. Infect Immun. 1996;64:3609–13.PubMed
1Current affiliation: Yale–New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
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