Table 1.

Seven Cases of Coccidioides Endocarditis

Age	Sex	Ethnicity	Cardiac Pathology	Echo	Blood Cultures	CF Titers	Treatment	Outcome	Ref.
34 yr	F	Hispanic	Mediastinal mass; aortic valve	No veg	Neg	1:8	Surgery + Posaconazole	Survived	Current
10 yr	M	Hispanic	Right atrial mass; tricuspid valve veg	+mass	n/a	1:2048	Surgery + Amphotericin + Fluconazole	Survived	[7]
3 wk	F	White	Mitral and tricuspid valve veg	+veg	Neg	1:1	No antifungals	Died	[8]
21 yr	M	Black	Mitral valve abscess; myocarditis	n/a	positive	n/a	No antifungals	Died	[9]
37 yr	M	White	Mitral valve veg	+veg	Neg	1:256	Amphotericin	Died	[8]
53 yr	M	Hispanic	Prosthetic aortic valve veg	+veg	Neg	1:32	Surgery + Amphotericin + Fluconazole	Survived	[8]
40 yr	M	White	Mitral, aortic, tricuspid, and pulmonic valve veg	+veg	Neg	1:2	Amphotericin + Fluconazole	Died	[8]

Abbreviations: CF, serum Coccidioides complement fixation; F, female; M, male; n/a, not available; neg, negative; Ref, References; veg, vegetation(s).