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Report of a Case of a Laboratory Infection

JAMES R. TRIMBLE, M.D.; JEANNE DOUCETTE, M.S.

AMA Arch Derm. 1956;74(4):405-410.

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Prior to 1937, many authorities believed that systemic coccidioidomycosis resulted from direct inoculation of the fungus into the skin, because the skin was frequently the site of the initial lesion and the development of the lesion was often associated with trauma. In that year Dickson^* and later Dickson and Gifford demonstrated that coccidioidomycosis usually occurs as a benign and self-limited pulmonary infection. It is commonly accepted today that the lung is the usual portal of entry for the Coccidioides immitis and that invasion through the skin is rare.

Recently there has been an increased interest in primary cutaneous coccidioidomycosis. Wilson, Smith, and Plunkett⁷ described the case of a mortician who accidently inoculated himself while embalming a patient who had died of a disseminated infection. In addition, they enumerated and discussed the criteria for making such a diagnosis. They found that only one . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Jacksonville, Fla.; Durham, N. C.

From the Division of Dermatology and Syphilology, Department of Medicine and the Department of Mycology, Duke University School of Medicine and Hospital.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication Nov. 11, 1955.

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