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Genitourinary Coccidioidomycosis

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Coccidioidomycosis

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Coccidioidomycosis of the genitourinary tract occurs frequently in patients with disseminated disease. In two autopsy series, the kidneys were involved in 35 and 60% of patients with fatal dissemination. 1,2

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  1. Eskild A. Petersen
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  1. Division of Infectious Diseases, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose, California, USA

    David A. Stevens M.D. (Chief, Associate Professor, Principal Investigator) (Chief, Associate Professor, Principal Investigator)

  2. Dept. of Medicine, Stanford University, Medical School, Stanford, California, USA

    David A. Stevens M.D. (Chief, Associate Professor, Principal Investigator) (Chief, Associate Professor, Principal Investigator)

  3. Infectious Disease Research Laboratory, Institute for Medical Research of Santa Clara County, San Jose, California, USA

    David A. Stevens M.D. (Chief, Associate Professor, Principal Investigator) (Chief, Associate Professor, Principal Investigator)

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Petersen, E.A. (1980). Genitourinary Coccidioidomycosis. In: Stevens, D.A. (eds) Coccidioidomycosis. Current Topics in Infectious Disease. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-1712-9_14

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