Clinical features
These can be considered in terms of acute and chronic infection.
In acute coccidioidomycosis, symptoms begin 1 to 3 weeks following exposure. The onset may be abrupt or subacute, and symptoms include:
- fever
- headache
- shortness of breath
- cough and/or dyspnoea
- inspiratory chest pain
- malaise
- myalgia and/or arthralgia
- rash
Some patients develop chronic lung infiltrates and cavities that may be asymptomatic or associated with cough, haemoptysis, and pleuritic pain.
Reference
- Crum NF et al. Coccidioidomycosis: a descriptive survey of a reemerging disease. Clinical characteristics and current controversies. Medicine (Baltimore). 2004 May;83(3):149-75.
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