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Coccidiomycosis - Diagnosis
Diagnosis:
 • Mildly elevated peripheral WBC, Eosinophilia (25%), Elevated ESR, Procalcitonin normal (95%)
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trend response to treatment ... Culture (ElA may be negative ... Coccidioidomycosis #cocci #Coccidioides ... Diagnosis #workup #infectiousdiseases
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Histoplasmosis Treatment ... Itraconazole is the agent ... Mucormycosis Treatment ... • Serology for Coccidioides ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases
Overview of antifungal agents benefits, weaknesses, and adverse effects in the treatment of Coccidioidomycosis.
Fluconazole - Low
of antifungal agents ... effects in the treatment ... , hypokalemia, negative ... Coccidioidomycosis #coccidioides ... #antifungals #comparison
Antifungal agents benefits, weaknesses, and adverse effects in the treatment of Coccidioidomycosis
Fluconazole
 - Benefits: Low cost/tolerable
Antifungal agents ... effects in the treatment ... , hypokalemia, negative ... #Antifungal #agents ... #coccidioides
"Scrotal Pain + Uganda:Almost never see it in the developed world unless you are like this
infectious despite negative ... some experimental treatment ... Medicine #Clinical #POCUS ... #Urology #InfectiousDiseases