Armenta SK, Pacheco AD

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ABSTRACT

Introduction: Coccidioidomycosis and COVID-19 are classified as primary pulmonary pathologies. Both present a nonspecific initial picture, however, in advanced phases they may require hospitalization, ventilatory support and admission to the intensive care unit, manifesting with a severe acute respiratory failure syndrome. Clinical case: The case of a female patient who is admitted to the intensive care unit for presenting severe SIRA due to COVID-19 is described, however, she presents a torpid evolution so her diagnostic approach is continued, finding coccidioidomycosis as a finding as coexisting disease. This being the first case reported in Mexico in a critical medicine journal. Conclusion: The diagnosis of coccidioidomycosis is even more complex because it can go unnoticed, losing the opportunity for an early diagnosis and this is related to a poor subsequent evolution as it happened in our case.

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