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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 ... Medicine @SCVMCMed #Coccidioidomycosis ... Diagnosis #workup #infectiousdiseases
Overview of antifungal agents benefits, weaknesses, and adverse effects in the treatment of Coccidioidomycosis.
Fluconazole - Low
effects in the treatment ... , hypokalemia, negative ... valleyfever #management #treatment ... #antifungals #comparison ... #table #pharmacology
Antifungal agents benefits, weaknesses, and adverse effects in the treatment of Coccidioidomycosis
Fluconazole
 - Benefits: Low cost/tolerable
effects in the treatment ... of Coccidioidomycosis ... , hypokalemia, negative ... #pharmacology # ... management #treatment
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Aspergillosis Pathophysiology ... a yeast cell Coccidioidomycosis ... • Meningitis Coccidioidomycosis ... Coccidioides antibodies Coccidioidomycosis ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases