Rich Davis, PhD, D(ABMM), MLS🧫🦠 May be Coccidioidomycosis?🤔

❔❓ 'Coccidioidomycosis: Changing Concepts and Knowledge Gaps'
💡 In this review, new ideas regarding ecology and epidemiology, problems and promises of diagnosis, controversies over management, and the possibility of a vaccine is covered.
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Paul K. Sue MD CM Paul K. Sue MD CM I don't remember a noticable increase related to the orange sky days, but data from prior years suggests higher coccidioidomycosis risk linked to wildfire smoke: thelancet.com/journals/lanpl…

A 50 year old farmer came with fever, cough, night sweats and rash after recently being in Arizona. No improvement despite being on antibiotics. Culture revealed spherules with endospores. What is the diagnosis and treatment? (Images: Medpics, Wikipedia) #IDtwitter #MedTwitter

Taena keyword na ang spherule HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! 😭✊🏽Coccidioides immitis yannnn (Coccidioidomycosis)

Journal of Brown Hospital Medicine Spherules with endospores - Coccidioidomycosis

#OnlineFirst : Duration of neurological deficit and outcomes in the surgical treatment of spinal coccidioidomycosis. thejns.org/spine/view/jou…

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Journal of Brown Hospital Medicine Coccidioidomycosis....flucanazole

Review of Clinical and Laboratory Diagnostics for Coccidioidomycosis by Ian McHardy Dr. Bridget Barker, PhD & George Thompson
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Added by Marwan Azar Yale School of Medicine Transplant Diagnostics COP - AST to 'Fungal DIagnostics' & 'Endemic Mycoses' 📂

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Dx: Coccidioidomycosis aka valley fever

Tx: fluconazole

Journal of Brown Hospital Medicine Coccidioidomycosis

DDx: Coccidioidomycosis

Coccidioidomycosis, also known as Valley fever, is a fungal infection caused by the dimorphic fungi of the genus Coccidioides. It primarily affects the respiratory system and is endemic to certain arid regions of the Americas, particularly the…

Journal of Brown Hospital Medicine Coccidioidomycosis

Ilan Schwartz MD PhD with a fascinating (and alarming) talk on spread of fungal infections including Coccidioidomycosis with climate change #ATC2023 SanDiego #ATC2023 American Society of Transplantation (AST) Infectious Diseases Community of Practice - AST #TxID

Advances in Diagnosis of Progressive Pulmonary and Disseminated Coccidioidomycosis | Clinical Infectious Diseases | Oxford Academic Acknowledged for managing the study at MIHS-Phoenix/AZ academic.oup.com/cid/article/72…

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A. Calcofluor white
B. Mycelial arthroconidia, lactophenol cotton blue
C. Coccidioides mold
D. A spherule engulfed in a multinucleated giant cell, H and E

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Journal of Brown Hospital Medicine #GPT3 Based on the presented symptoms, history of being in Arizona, and the findings from the culture showing spherules with endospores, the likely diagnosis for the 50-year-old farmer is Coccidioidomycosis, also known as Valley Fever. Coccidioidomycosis is a fungal infection…