Table of Contents
- Overview
- Symptoms
- Treatment
- Prevention
- Images
Coccidioidomycosis - systemic
Treatment
Bed rest and improved nutrition are recommended. Antifungal drugs are prescribed to treat the infection.
Support Groups
Expectations (prognosis)
People with disseminated disease have a high death rate. Death may be rapid for patients with a suppressed immune system.
Complications
In the disseminated form of the disease, the infection may spread to the bones, lungs, liver, brain, skin, heart, and sac around the heart (pericardium).
Calling your health care provider
Call for an appointment with your health care provider if you have symptoms of disseminated coccidioidomycosis.
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Review Date: 08/28/2009
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of
General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington
School of Medicine; and Jatin M. Vyas, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor
in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Assistant in Medicine,
Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine,
Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD,
MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
