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Coccidioidomycosis - Symptom
Alternative Names
San Joaquin Valley fever; Valley fever
Symptoms:
Any of the following may be symptoms:
- Cough
- Chest pain, varies from mild sense of constriction to severe
- Fever
- Chills
- Night sweats
- Headache
- Muscle stiffness
- Muscle aches
- Joint stiffness
- Neck stiffness or shoulder stiffness
- Rash, may be painful, red, on lower legs (erythema nodosum)
- Blood-tinged sputum
- Loss of appetite
- Weight loss
- Wheezing
- Sweating, excessive
- Change in mental status
- Sensitivity to light
- Reviewed last on: 10/9/2006
- D. Scott Smith, M.D., MSc, DTM&H, Chief of Infectious Disease & Geographic Medicine, Kaiser Redwood City, CA & Adjunct Assistant Professor, Stanford University. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
References
Galgiani JN, Ampel NM, Catanzaro A, Johnson RH, Stevens DA, Williams PL. Practice guidelines for the treatment of coccidioidomycosis. Clin Infect Dis. April 2000;30:658-661.
Chiller TM. Coccidioidomycosis. Infect Dis Clin North Am. 2003; 17(1): 41-57, viii.
Murray J, Nadel J. Textbook of Respiratory Medicine. 3rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: WB Saunders; 2000.
Mandell GL, Bennett JE, Dolin R. Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases. 5th ed. London, UK: Churchill Livingstone; 2000:2746-2755.
Galgiani JN, Ampel N, Blair JE, et al. Coccidioidomycosis. Clin Infect Dis. 2005;41:1217-23.
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