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Volume 31, Number 10—October 2025

Research Letter

Cutaneous Coccidioidomycosis Mimicking Rosacea in Immunosuppressed Patient, Arizona, USA, 2024

Sabine Obagi, Lauren E. Murphy, Aleksi J. Hendricks, Kim Hiatt, Allen Miraflor, Robert E. Cashman, and Mohammad FazelComments to Author 
Author affiliation: University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, Arizona, USA (S. Obagi, L.E. Murphy, A.J. Hendricks, M. Fazel); DermPath Diagnostics, Tucson (K. Hiatt, A. Miraflor, R.E. Cashman)

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Histopathologic findings in case of cutaneous coccidioidomycosis mimicking rosacea in immunosuppressed patient, Arizona, USA, 2024. A–C) Granulomatous inflammation with mixed infiltrate of lymphocytes, histiocytes, neutrophils, and eosinophils. Hematoxylin and eosin stain; original magnifications ×2 (A), ×20 (B), and ×40 (C). D) Periodic acid–Schiff staining demonstrating a coccidioidal spherule containing endospores within a granuloma. Original magnification ×40.

Figure 2. Histopathologic findings in case of cutaneous coccidioidomycosis mimicking rosacea in immunosuppressed patient, Arizona, USA, 2024. A–C) Granulomatous inflammation with mixed infiltrate of lymphocytes, histiocytes, neutrophils, and eosinophils. Hematoxylin and eosin stain; original magnifications ×2 (A), ×20 (B), and ×40 (C). D) Periodic acid–Schiff staining demonstrating a coccidioidal spherule containing endospores within a granuloma. Original magnification ×40.

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