Cocciddiomycosis

Question 1

Coccidiomycosis is more commonly called what?

Answer 1

Valley fever

Question 2

Coccidioides immitis is found where?

Answer 2

In dry alkaline arid soils of south west US (TX, NM, AZ, and CA)

Question 3

How infectious is Coccidioidomycosis?

Answer 3

Highy; brething spores in dust

Question 4

Coccidiomycosis is asymptomatic in what % of people?

Answer 4

50%

Question 5

Coccidiomycosis has what symptoms?

Answer 5

• fever
• cough
• headache
• joint pain
• rash
• muscle aches

Question 6

Advanced coccidiomycosis may include what

Answer 6

• menigitis
• pneumonia
• bone/joint infections

Question 7

Who is at risk for Coccidioidomycosis?

Answer 7

Pregnant woman as well as some ethnic groups

Question 8

What is the pathogenic yeast form that causes coccidiomycosis?

Answer 8

Dimprophic fungus

Question 9

How does one get coccidiomycosis?

Answer 9

From inhalation of arthroconidia from the soil

Question 10

Each spherule matures and generates what?

Answer 10

Large number of spores

Question 11

How is Coccidiomucosis diagnosed?

Answer 11

• Spherules in specimen

- confirmation by injecting antigen in skin and observing inflammatory response