61. Coccidioidomycosis coccidioidomycosis. How is it treated? People system). There are threemedications available for the treatment of coccidioidomycosis http://www.aidsmeds.com/OIs/Coccidioidomycosis3.htm

Join our confidential mailing list! Enter your email address: LESSONS COOL TOOLS DRUGS FORUMS ... HOME Coccidioidomycosis How is it treated? People with healthy immune systems who are diagnosed with coccidioidomycosis don't necessarily require treatment, as the symptoms are usually mild and clear up on their own. For people with compromised immune systems, coccidioidomycosis can be progressive and can cause serious respiratory distress and treatment is deemed necessary. Treatment is also required if coccidioidomycosis has spread beyond the lungs, to other organs and tissues in the body (especially the central nervous system). There are three medications available for the treatment of coccidioidomycosis: This drug is administered through an intravenous (IV) line, usually in a hospital, for at least two weeks. Coccidioidomycosis of the central nervous system requires amphotericin B to be administered directly in to the spinal column. Amphotericin B can cause numerous side effects, including fever, chills, muscle pain, nausea , vomiting, kidney problems, potassium deficiency, decreased white blood cells, and anemia , and This is an oral medication and only needs to be taken once a day. Sometimes amphotericin B and fluconazole are taken together to maximize treatment.

62. Adult Health Advisor 2002.1: Coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever) coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever). What is coccidioidomycosis? coccidioidomycosisis a disease caused by a fungus (mold). The fungus http://www.med.umich.edu/1libr/aha/aha_coccidom_crs.htm

Adult Health Topics All Health Topics Find a UMHS Doctor Search Adult Topics Search All Topics T his information is not a tool for self-diagnosis or a substitute for medical treatment. You should speak to your physician or make an appointment to be seen if you have questions or concerns about this information or your medical condition. McKesson Clinical Reference Systems: Adult Health Advisor 2002.1 Spanish version Coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever) What is coccidioidomycosis? Coccidioidomycosis is a disease caused by a fungus (mold). The fungus lives in the soil of the central valley of California and the deserts of the southwestern US and northwestern Mexico. It usually affects the lungs but can affect other parts of the body as well. It is commonly called cocci or valley fever. How does it occur? You can get infected by breathing in the fungus while you are camping, working, or digging in the desert. The fungus can also infect you when it is picked up by desert winds and blown into the area where you live. It cannot be passed from one person to another or through contact with an infected animal. What are the symptoms?

63. Coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever) coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever). coccidioidomycosis is a diseasecaused by the fungus Coccidioides immitis. This disease is common http://www.lebanonhealth.com/condi/44762.htm

Coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever) Coccidioidomycosis is a disease caused by the fungus Coccidioides immitis . This disease is common in Central and South America, as well as in New Mexico, Texas, Arizona, Nevada and California, where it is commonly called valley fever. Men contract coccidioidomycosis more often than women. Most infections are so mild that they go unidentified. Certain people, however, are more likely to develop severe illness: these include pregnant women; people with medical conditions which weaken the immune system (including AIDS , certain cancers and diabetes ); people taking immunosuppressant drugs; and people of African, Filipino, Mexican and Native American ancestry. If you are otherwise healthy and inhale the mold spores of C. immitis in large enough quantities to cause illness, you are most likely to come down with what seems to be a cold or the flu . About 60 percent of people who contract coccidioidomycosis have an uncomplicated illness and never realize what caused it. These individuals usually recover completely. About 40 percent of people who contract coccidioidomycosis develop a more serious pulmonary (lung) condition, with fever, night sweats, aches, pains, chills, loss of appetite, chest pain, fatigue, a variety of skin rashes, decreased energy and dry cough. A few of these patients go on to develop chronic lung disease, infected nodules in their lungs, walled-off air-filled cavities within their lungs, or, worst of all, widespread infection involving multiple organ systems throughout the body. Coccidioidomycosis can lead to

64. Online Health Analysis: Conditions: Coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever) coccidioidomycosis is an infection caused by breathing in the spores of a fungusCoccidioides immitis found in soil in desert regions of the southwestern US http://www.digitalnaturopath.com/cond/C523809.html

Coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever) Last updated: Mar 27, 2003 THE ANALYST TM Home FAQ Start The Analyst Coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever) Signs, symptoms and indicators Conditions that suggest it Contributing risk factors It can lead to... Coccidioidomycosis is an infection caused by breathing in the spores of a fungus Coccidioides immitis found in soil in desert regions of the southwestern U.S., Mexico, and Central and South America. Sometimes called Valley Fever or Desert Fever because of its prevalence in farming valleys, these fungi resist drying and easily become airborne. It usually affects the lungs but can spread and affect many organs. The disease can have an acute chronic , or disseminated form. Acute pulmonary coccidioidomycosis is almost always mild, with few or no symptoms, and resolves without treatment. The incubation period is 10 to 30 days and the incidence about 1 out of 100,000 people. Chronic pulmonary coccidioidomycosis can develop 20 or more years after initial infection which may not have been recognized, diagnosed, or treated. Infections (lung abscesses) can form and rupture releasing pus ( empyema ) between the lungs and ribs (pleural space). The incidence of

65. Coccidioidomycosis Among Persons Attending The World Championship 287;312, January 16, 2002, coccidioidomycosis Among Persons Attending the WorldChampionship of Model Airplane FlyingKern County, California, October 2001,. http://jama.ama-assn.org/issues/v287n3/ffull/jwr0116-4.html

66. Coccidioidomycosis In Workers At An Archeologic SiteDinosaur 286;30723073, December 26, 2001, coccidioidomycosis in Workers at an ArcheologicSiteDinosaur National Monument, Utah, June-July 2001,. http://jama.ama-assn.org/issues/v286n24/ffull/jwr1226-1.html

67. Coccidioidomycosis Dx Special stains showed spherules with endospores, consistent with coccidioidomycosis. FinalDiagnosis coccidioidomycosis Back to index page. http://www.mgh.harvard.edu/depts/aids/fulldemo/demo/coccidiodx.html

Diagnostic Procedure and results: Pathology of the lung revealed multiple caseating and non-caseating granulomas with fungal yeast forms present. Special stains showed spherules with endospores, consistent with coccidioidomycosis. Culture revealed a filamentous organism, and a gene probe was positive for Coccidioides immitis Treatment/Follow-up/Discussion: C. immitis is endemic to the Southwestern United States. After entering by inhalation, C. immitis can cause pneumonia and pulmonary nodules. C. immitis may also disseminate systemically and cause meningitis, occasionally with an eosinophilic pleocytosis. Final Diagnosis: Coccidioidomycosis Back to index page

68. Valley Fever, Coccidioidomycosis, And The Northridge Earthquake. The headline read Oxnard man succumbs to valley fever. The article in the VenturaCounty Star linked the disease (coccidioidomycosis) to a dust cloud that http://www.albrightseed.com/realityregs.htm

When Reality and Regulation Collide... Watch the Dust Fly The headline read "Oxnard man succumbs to valley fever." The article in the Ventura County Star linked the disease ( coccidioidomycosis ) to a dust cloud that resulted from the January 1994, 6.7 magnitude Northridge earthquake. Spores of a fungus occurring naturally in local soil were carried in a dust cloud over Simi Valley where it caused a miniature epidemic, according to Ventura County Public Health Officer, Dr. Gary Feldman. Valley fever accounted for four deaths out of 52 reported cases in 1993 and at least five deaths since the 1994 earthquake. And while Feldman does not consider it a public health threat, he states that there might be more people who have the disease who don't know it because of its flu-like symptoms. "Actually, I rather enjoy being the angel of government; good benefits, liberal vacation and sick leave policy and an excellent retirement. It's just that I thought I'd be on top of the cloud where I could see— not stuck here inside." Clearly, valley fever presents a concern, if not a threat, whenever soil dust enters the human environment, as it invariably does with construction projects, unpaved roads and highway shoulders, vacant lots and fields and agricultural operations. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has addressed this problem by establishing dust air pollution standards based on particles with "aerodynamic diameters less than 10 micrometers" expressed as "PM

69. Proceedings Of The Annual Coccidioidomycosis Study Group Meeting Epidemiology Of AIDSRelated coccidioidomycosis in California. ObjectivesTo describethe epidemiology of coccidioidomycosis in AIDS patients in California. http://www.arl.arizona.edu/vfce/csg/abstracts/abs4104.htm

Epidemiology Of AIDS-Related Coccidioidomycosis in California M.F. Barrett, G.W. Rutherford, R.K. Sun* School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley; *Office of AIDS, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, CA Objectives: To describe the epidemiology of coccidioidomycosis in AIDS patients in California. Methods: We reviewed AIDS cases reported to the California Department of Health Services from 1987 to August 31, 1995. We compared patients with and without coccidioidomycosis as an AIDS-defining illness by age, sex, race and ethnic group, transmission category and county of residence. Results: Of the 58,926 AIDS patients reported during this time period, 158 (03%) had coccidioidomycosis as their first AIDS-defining illness, and 159 Conclusion: We conclude that coccidioidomycosis is a relatively rare AIDS-defining illness in California, even in areas endemic for Coccidioides immitis. Intravenous drug users and AIDS patients residing in the southern San Joaquin Valley are at highest risk for coccidioidomycosis. Return to Main Return to Table of Contents

70. Proceedings Of The Annual Coccidioidomycosis Study Group Meeting Hypercalcemia and coccidioidomycosis. In the previous literature, evaluating hypercalcemiain coccidioidomycosis when 1.25 dihydroxy Vitamin D was measured. http://www.arl.arizona.edu/vfce/csg/abstracts/abs4121.htm

Hypercalcemia and Coccidioidomycosis J.W. Caldwell and R.H. Johnson Kern Medical Center, Bakersfield, CA Hypercalcemia has been described in various granulomatous diseases such as sarcoidosis, tuberculosis and occasionally in disseminated coccidioidomycosis. In sarcoidosis. the best studied granulomatous disease associated with hypercalcetnia, the pathogenesis of hypercalcemia is felt to be related to increased 1-alpha hydroxylase activity in activated macrophages. This mechanism has been adapted to account for hypercalcemia in other granulomatous disorders. In the previous literature, evaluating hypercalcemia in coccidioidomycosis when 1.25 dihydroxy Vitamin D was measured. the vatues were low contrary to what would have been expected. To help clarify this clinical problem, we retrospectively evaluated 13 patients who presented with progressive coccidioidomycosis and had concomitant hypercalcemia. These patients represented approximately 20% of the patients who were referred to our specialists for severe diseases. All patients had hypercalcemia greater than 10.5mg/dl on 3 or more occasions. Mean serum calcium was 12.7 mg/dl. The median duration of coccidioidomycosis was 4 months, and the mean complement fixation titer was 1:256. Immobility was a factor in 46% of the patients as was bone disease. Serum 1.25 dihydroxy Vitamin I) was in the normal range or low in 7 patients in whom it was measured. 25 hydroxy Vitamin D was normal or low in 7 of 8 patients in whom it was measured, and the parathyroid hormone was in the normal range or depressed in ~ patients.

71. Gale Encyclopedia Of Medicine: Coccidioidomycosis coccidioidomycosis. Author/s Tish Davidson. coccidioidomycosis is an infectioncaused by inhaling the microscopic spores of the fungus Coccidioides immitis. http://www.findarticles.com/g2601/0003/2601000328/p1/article.jhtml

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72. Coccidioidomycosis In New York State coccidioidomycosis in New York State from Emerging Infectious DiseasesVishnu Chaturvedi,* † Rama Ramani,* Sally Gromadzki,* Birgit http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/414690

73. Coccidioidomycosis Of The Epididymis And Testicle SelfAssessment coccidioidomycosis of the Epididymis and Testicle from Infectionsin Urology ® Posted 07/25/2002 Adam J. Singer, MD. Introduction. http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/437195

74. Cytotechnology coccidioidomycosis, General Information repair. Differentials HistoplasmosisBlastomyces. For more info go to coccidioidomycosis. SUNY http://www.upstate.edu/courseware/cytotech/fungi4.shtml

Home Image Database GYN Infections Viral ... Professions Home ...Upstate Menu... Contacting Upstate Upstate Calendar Telephone Lookup E-mail Lookup Colleges: -Medicine -Graduate Studies -Nursing -Health Professions Library Employment Departments Search Page University Hospital Upstate Home Cryptococcus Histoplasmosis Blastomycosis Coccidioidomycosis ... Pneumocystis Coccidioidomycosis General Information Cytology Large thick-walled spherules (10-60 um) Mature spherules that are round with double walls and contain non-budding endospores Endospores may be seen in background May see necrosis Atypical repair Differentials Histoplasmosis Blastomyces For more info go to: Coccidioidomycosis S U N Y Upstate Medical University Content maintained by: Susan Stowell Last Modified: April, 3, 2002

75. MediFocus MedCenter Preview For Coccidioidomycosis MediFocus MedCenter © coccidioidomycosis (NF005) Introduction. coccidioidomycosis issuesWhat are the most common symptoms of coccidioidomycosis? http://medi-smart.com/NF005.HTM

MediFocus MedCenter Coccidioidomycosis Introduction Coccidioidomycosis is a fungal infection caused by inhalation of the fungus Coccidioides immitis. C. immitis grows as a mold in the soil. When the soil is disturbed, the mold hyphae fragment, forming structures that become airborne. If inhaled by animals or humans, they transform into thick-walled spheres that produce thousands of endospores, which are capable of reproducing. Epidemics of coccidioidomycosis have occurred following large-scale soil disturbances caused by dust storms, earthquakes, and excavations. In persons with competent immune systems, the majority of infections produce no symptoms or mild, self-limited upper respiratory tract illness. At least two-thirds of coccidioidal infections go unnoticed. Moderate to severe illness involving the lower respiratory tract takes several weeks to develop. Acute infections usually resolve without therapy within a few weeks or months. In 5-10% of persons, however the infection progresses to chronic pulmonary disease or disseminates via the blood or lymph circulation to the skin, bones, meninges, or other sites. Acute infections usually resolve without therapy within a few weeks or months. However, when the infection progresses to chronic pulmonary disease or disseminates, antibiotic treatment is required.

76. Coccidioidomycosis Information Page Diseases Database coccidioidomycosis Information Page. coccidioidomycosis aka/or PosadasWernickedisease aka/or San Joaquin fever aka/or Coccidioides http://www.diseasesdatabase.com/sieve/item1.asp?glngUserChoice=2899

77. Pulmonary Coccidioidomycosis The summary for this Japanese page contains characters that cannot be correctly displayed in this language/character set. http://www.jcr.or.jp/coc..html

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78. Travel Medicine -- Lecture With Real Audio - Coccidioidomycosis i coccidioidomycosis. Copyright 2001 by the University of Florida. http://www.medinfo.ufl.edu/cme/grounds/ross/slide23.html

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79. Coccidioidomycosis coccidioidomycosis Coccidioides immitis antibodies . Skin tests for coccidioidomycosiswill detect evidence of previous exposure. Primary respiratory. http://www.rcpa.edu.au/pathman/coccidio.htm

Coccidioidomycosis Coccidioidomycosis Sputum microscopy and culture synovial fluid examination , aspiration of superficial soft tissue lesions, tissue biopsy of deep lesions, cerebrospinal fluid examination - identification of Coccidioides immitis by microscopy and culture. Coccidioides immitis antibodies . Skin tests for coccidioidomycosis will detect evidence of previous exposure. Primary respiratory Disseminated Chronic pulmonary Musculoskeletal Cutaneous

80. Coccidioidomycosis: Essential Data coccidioidomycosis essential data. Fungal weapon active againsthumans. Disease, ICD9-CM, ICD-10. coccidioidomycosis, 114, B38. Acute http://www.cbwinfo.com/Biological/Pathogens/CI.html

Home News History General ... Radiological Gateway Coccidioidomycosis: essential data Fungal weapon active against humans Synopsis, Diagnosis, Symptoms, Countermeasures, ... IDC Codes Safety Precautions for Casualties Standard Precautions defined by the 1996 CDC guidelines should be adopted for handling patients. Contact precautions may be needed for patients with draining lesions. Biosafety level 3 practices should be adopted for handling of samples. Return to Top Synopsis of Agent Properties Causative organism: (Systematic name in 1997) Coccidioides immitis Classification: An arthrospore-forming filamentous fungus belonging the mitosporic or imperfect fungi (fungi with no known sexual stage). Alternative disease names: Coccidioidal granuloma San Joaquin Valley fever Valley fever Return to Top Key Diagnostic Tests. The commonest symptoms are a dry cough, chest pain, headache, a dry rash that may develop into tender red nodules on the lower legs. Coccidioidin skin test;

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