Guidelines
Galgiani et al. Clin Infect Dis 2016;63(6):e112–e146. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciw360
Review articles
- Treatment of early/pulmonary cocci: Galgiani et al. Clin Infect Dis 2020;70(9):2008-2012.
- The spectrum and presentation of disseminated cocci; false negative serologies are common: Adam et al. Am J Med. 2009;122:770-777.
- Ocular cocci: Rodenbiker et al. Surv Ophthalmol. 1980;24(5):263-90.
- Peritoneal cocci: Storage et al. J Gastrointestin Liver Dis. 2015;24(4):527-30.
- Cocci in general: Galgiani et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2005;41(9):1217-23.
- Top questions in the diagnosis and treatment of cocci: Donovan et al. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2017;4(4):ofx197.
Systematic Reviews / Meta-analysess
- Risk factors for disseminated cocci: Odio et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2017;23(2):308-311.
Trials
- Fluconazole and itraconazole are equivalent for nonmeningeal cocci: Galgiani et al. Ann Intern Med. 2000;133(9):676-86.
- Isavuconazole for treatment of endemic fungi: Thompson et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2016;63(3):356-62.
- Benefit of steroids in cocci meningitis: Thompson et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2017;65(2):338-341.
Articles
- Retrospective observational study on hypercalcemia in cocci: Caldwell et al. Am J Med Sci. 2004;327(1):15-8.
- Observational cohort study of primary pulm cocci treated vs. not treated. rate of improvement in treated and untreated patients was similar: Ampel et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2009;48(2):172-8.
- Use of VATS for treatment of cocci: Ashfaq et al. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2014;148(4):1217-23.
- False positive EIA IgM is rare and isolated IgM should be investigated: Blair et al. Mycopathologia. 2008;166(2):77-82.
- 82% of isolated positive EIA IgM were false positive: Kuberski et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2010;48(6):2047-9.
- Case series of heart and/or lung transplant patients, risk of cocci, benefit of antifungal prophylaxis: Chaudhary et al. Transpl Infect Dis. 2017;19(4).
- Geographic distribution of the two species: Engelthaler et al. mBio. 2016;7(2):e00550-16.
- Case series of cocci and HIV: Fish et al. Medicine (Baltimore). 1990;69(6):384-91.
- Retrospective review of surgically treated cocci: Jaroszewski et al. Ann Thorac Surg. 2009;88(6):1765-72.
- Comparison of two different EIA: Lindsley et al. Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2015;22(10):1090-5.
- Pleural effusions due to cocci: Lonky et al. Am Rev Respir Dis. 1976;114(4):681-8.
- Miravista EIA is better: Malo et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2017;55(3):893-901.
- Chorioretinal scars in cocci; dissemination to the eye can occur during benign pulmonary disease: Rodenbiker et al. Arch Ophthalmol. 1981;99(1):71-5.
- Procalcitonin is not elevated in primary pulmonary cocci: Sakata et al. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2014;11(8):1239-43.
- In vitro susceptibility testing for ampho, triazoles and echinocandins: Thompson et al. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2017;61(4):e02634-16.
Case Reports
- Chorioretinitis: Nordstrom et al. J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep. 2019;7:2324709619881561.
- Hypercalcemia and PTHrP: Fierer et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2012;55(7):e61-6.
- Peritonitis: Alavi et al. Case Rep Gastrointest Med. 2015;2015:891910.
- Subclinical disseminated cocci (peritoneal) in a liver transplant recipient: Kokseng et al. Mycopathologia. 2011;172(3):223-6.
- Use of advanced imaging to diagnose disseminated cocci: Dryden et al. Clin Nucl Med. 2017;42(4):319-322.
- Hydropneumothorax from a ruptured cocci cavity: Lanks. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2017;196(2):240.
Editorials
- Use of PCR in the search for natural reservoirs of cocci: Li et al. Mycopathologia. 2017;182(5-6):435-438.
Tweetorials
Cocci in general
Differential diagnosis
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