TY - JOUR T1 - An Experience From a Pleural Effusion Patient: A Rare Case of Coccidioidomycosis TT - تجربه ای از بیمار پلورال افیوژن: مورد نادر کوکسیدیوئیدومایکوزیس JF - Iran-J-Med-Microbiol JO - Iran-J-Med-Microbiol VL - 15 IS - 4 UR - http://ijmm.ir/article-1-1283-en.html Y1 - 2021 SP - 477 EP - 479 KW - Coccidioidomycosis KW - Lower respiratory tract infection KW - Pleural infection KW - Tuberculosis N2 - Pulmonary coccidioidomycosis is an infection in the lungs caused by the fungus Coccidioides. The disease is very rare in India and only a few cases have been reported so far. The diagnosis of pulmonary coccidioidomycosis is very challenging because it mimics other lower respiratory tract infections. Both clinical suspicion and laboratory confirmation plays a very important role in the diagnosis of this infection and in resource limited settings only culture and microscopy play a vital role in the diagnosis. Early diagnosis helps in appropriate therapy to avoid later complications. M3 10.30699/ijmm.15.4.477 ER -