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    Treatment failure in community-adquired pneumonia: coccidioidomycosis in a traveler patient
    (SOC CHILENA INFECTOLOGIA, 2013) Cabello, Hernan; Labarca, Gonzalo; Fernandez Bussy, Sebastian; Cabello, Francisca; Pires, Yumay; Soto, Rodrigo; Thompson, Luis
    Treatment failure in community-acquired pneumonia is defined as a clinical condition with inadequate response to antimicrobial therapy. Resistant and unusual microorganisms and noninfectious causes are responsible for treatment failure. Coccidioides immitis is a fungus that causes pneumonia in the northern hemisphere, especially in the United States and northern Mexico. We report a case of pulmonary coccidioidomycosis imported from Mexico to Chile. After a comprehensive study, histopathology was able to establish Coccidiodes immitis as the causative agent, achieving clinical and radiological improvement with antifungal therapy.