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Volume 25, Number 3—March 2019
Research

Utility of Whole-Genome Sequencing to Ascertain Locally Acquired Cases of Coccidioidomycosis, Washington, USA

Hanna N. OlteanComments to Author , Kizee A. Etienne, Chandler C. Roe, Lalitha Gade, Orion Z. McCotter, David M. Engelthaler, and Anastasia P. Litvintseva
Author affiliations: Washington State Department of Health, Shoreline, Washington, USA (H.N. Oltean); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (K.A. Etienne, L. Gade, O.Z. McCotter, A.P. Litvintseva); Translational Genomics Research Institute, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA (C.C. Roe, D.M. Engelthaler)

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Table

Characteristics of 18 clinical isolates subjected to whole-genome sequencing analysis from patients with coccidioidomycosis, Washington, USA, 2014–2017*

CDC-ID Travel history of patient Coccidioides species Collection date Specimen source site Phylogenetic population
B10917 Unknown C. posadasii 2014 Sputum Non-Washington
B10918 AZ, MT, SD, OR C. posadasii 2014 Sputum Non-Washington
B11036 AZ C. posadasii 2015 Lung Non-Washington
B11034 AZ C. immitis 2014 Lung Washington
B11019 None C. immitis 2014 BAL Washington†
B11035 CA C. immitis 2015 Cerebrospinal fluid Non-Washington
B11080 Mexico, CA C. immitis 2015 Neck Non-Washington
B11198 Mexico, CA C. immitis 2015 Tissue Non-Washington
B11299 AZ C. posadasii 2015 Bronchial washings Non-Washington
B11517 CA C. immitis 2016 Throat Non-Washington
B11518 None C. immitis 2016 Testicle Washington†
B11587 CA C. immitis 2016 Tissue Non-Washington
B11863 HI, Costa Rica C. immitis 2016 Sputum Non-Washington
B11873 CA C. immitis 2016 Bronchial washings Non-Washington
B12398 None C. immitis 2016 Blood Washington
B12495 CA C. immitis 2016 Cerebrospinal fluid Non-Washington
B12496 Mexico, CA C. immitis 2016 Knee wound Non-Washington
B13956 None C. immitis 2017 BAL Washington

*BAL, bronchoalveolar lavage; CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; ID, identification.
†These isolates were from the same patient.

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