Dust storms associated with drought conditions contribute to degraded air quality due to particulates and have been associated with increased incidence
of coccidioidomycosis (valley fever), a fungal pathogen, in Arizona and California.
Three days later, a blood test confirmed the diagnosis
of coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever).
The mold form
of coccidioidomycosis exist in an arid climate, with alkaline soil, hot summers and low annual rainfall.
Dust storms associated with drought conditions contribute to degraded air quality due to particulates and have been associated with increased incidence
of Coccidioidomycosis (Valley fever), a fungal pathogen, in Arizona and California.193
Not exact matches
This article was written to raise your awareness about four
of major systemic fungal infections
of dogs: blastomycosis,
coccidioidomycosis, histoplasmosis, and cryptococcosis.
Coccidioidomycosis commonly spreads from the lungs to other parts
of the body, including bones, eyes, heart, testicles, skin, brain, spinal cord, and spleen, liver or kidney.
The service sees a wide range
of infectious disease cases that encompass bacterial / rickettsial diseases and multidrug resistant infections, viral infections, fungal diseases (primarily cryptococcosis, aspergillosis, and
coccidioidomycosis, but also candidiasis, histoplasmosis, sporotrichosis and dermatophytosis), protozoal diseases and parasitic diseases.