Coccidioidomycosis

Overview

We discovered that the immune system is skewed to Type-2 immunity during severe coccididoidomycosis (also known as Valley Fever.)

Featured publications:

• Tsai M, Thauland TJ, Huang AY, Bun C, Fitzwater S, Krogstad P, Douine ED, Nelson SF, Lee H, Garcia-Lloret MI, Butte MJ. Disseminated coccidioidomycosis treated with interferon-γ and dupilumab. New England Journal of Medicine. 2020 Jun 11;382(24):2337-43.
• Krogstad P, Johnson R, Garcia-Lloret MI, Heidari A, Butte MJ. Host–pathogen interactions in coccidioidomycosis: prognostic clues and opportunities for novel therapies. Clinical Therapeutics. 2019 Oct 1;41(10):1939-54.