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Coccidioidomycosis - coccidioides immitis - Fungal Pathology 

Spherules with multiple endospores - coccidioidomycosis

UCSD Internal Medicine @ucsdim

#Coccidioidomycosis
Coccidioidomycosis ... - coccidioides ... multiple endospores - coccidioidomycosis ... Medicine @ucsdim #Coccidioidomycosis ... #coccidioides #
Coccidiomycosis - Diagnosis
Diagnosis:
 • Mildly elevated peripheral WBC, Eosinophilia (25%), Elevated ESR, Procalcitonin normal (95%)
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CSF) • Biopsy & Debridement ... Medicine @SCVMCMed #Coccidioidomycosis ... #cocci #Coccidioides
Debridement and Management of Prosthetic Joint Infection (PJI)
Duration of symptoms <3 weeks OR  <30 days
Debridement and ... Joint Infection (PJI ... susceptible to PO agents Debridement ... Cortes_Penfield #PJI ... Infection #treatment #Debridement
Soil Related Infections - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Mechanism Of Infection:
 • Wound
 • GI: Ingestion, MUD, Contaminated
fungus balls • Coccidioidomycosis ... Valley Fever") • Coccidioides
Overview of antifungal agents benefits, weaknesses, and adverse effects in the treatment of Coccidioidomycosis.
Fluconazole - Low
the treatment of Coccidioidomycosis ... against primary coccidioidomycosis ... against meningeal coccidioidomycosis ... /back pain #Coccidioidomycosis ... #coccidioides #
Antifungal agents benefits, weaknesses, and adverse effects in the treatment of Coccidioidomycosis
Fluconazole
 - Benefits: Low cost/tolerable
the treatment of Coccidioidomycosis ... against primary coccidioidomycosis ... against meningeal coccidioidomycosis ... #medications #Coccidioidomycosis ... management #treatment #coccidioides
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Histoplasmosis, Coccidioidomycosis ... : Halo sign Coccidioides
Coccidioidomycosis (Coccidioides): Valley Fever - Summary Sheet
 • Morphology
 • Geography, Reservoir and Mode of Transmission
Coccidioidomycosis ... (Coccidioides): ... FatimaAlDee #Coccidioidomycosis ... #Coccidioides #
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
a yeast cell Coccidioidomycosis ... • Meningitis Coccidioidomycosis ... • Serology for Coccidioides ... antibodies Coccidioidomycosis