Credit: Getty Images With an increasing geographic footprint, it is important for clinicians to be able to recognize and treat coccidioidomycosis, or valley fever, in susceptible patient populations.

Of the roughly 150,000 recognized fungal species, and perhaps the several million not yet identified, few cause disease in humans, 1 fewer do so in persons not overtly immunosuppressed, and only a ...

We describe a case of life-threatening disseminated coccidioidomycosis in a previously healthy child. Like most patients with disseminated coccidioidomycosis, this child had no genomic evidence of any ...

Background. A 50-year-old man presented with a 2–3 month history of left lower quadrant abdominal pain, right periorbital headache, blurry vision, tinnitus, polydipsia, right elbow pain, and a 32 kg ...

Valley fever or coccidioidomycosis is an initial form of infection that occurs by breathing the microscopic spores of the fungus Coccidioides immitis from the air. The fungus enters the body through ...

Valley fever (also called coccidioidomycosis, or cocci [COX-ee] for short) is an infection caused by mold that grows in outdoor dirt. It is most common in the southwest United States, especially in ...

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Seek immediate medical attention if you are suffering from Pulmonary Coccidioidomycosis. © Shutterstock An infection in the lungs caused by the fungus Coccidioides ...

Coccidioidomycosis, histoplasmosis, and blastomycosis cause substantial illness, with about 20,000 cases of coccidioidomycosis reported in 2019, according to research published in the Aug. 19 issue of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The Infectious Diseases Society of America has updated its clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and ...

There were fewer reports of coccidioidomycosis, histoplasmosis, and blastomycosis coinciding with the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to research published in the March 21 issue of the U.S.