Coccidioidomycosis and paracoccidioidomycosis
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Coccidioidomycosis and paracoccidioidomycosis
Pharmacology Block 11
Pharmacology Block 11
Anthelmintic medications
Antimalarials
Plasmodium species (Malaria)
DNA synthesis inhibitors: Metronidazole
Azoles
Echinocandins
Miscellaneous antifungal medications
Trypanosoma cruzi (Chagas disease)
Wuchereria bancrofti (Lymphatic filariasis)
Ascaris lumbricoides
Enterobius vermicularis (Pinworm)
Trichuris trichiura (Whipworm)
Trichinella spiralis
Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus
Strongyloides stercoralis
Loa loa (Eye worm)
Onchocerca volvulus (River blindness)
Schistosomes
Clonorchis sinensis
Paragonimus westermani
Diphyllobothrium latum
Echinococcus granulosus (Hydatid disease)
Trypanosoma brucei
Leishmania
Toxoplasma gondii (Toxoplasmosis)
Naegleria fowleri (Primary amebic meningoencephalitis)
Coccidioidomycosis and paracoccidioidomycosis
Blastomycosis
Anti-parkinson medications
Neuraminidase inhibitors
Hepatitis medications
Nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs)
Non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs)
Integrase and entry inhibitors
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Tuberculosis)
Antituberculosis medications
Hyperthyroidism medications
Hyperthyroidism: Clinical
Hypothyroidism
Hypothyroidism medications
Diabetes insipidus
Diabetes mellitus: Clinical
Diabetes mellitus
Insulins
Insulin
Hypoglycemics: Insulin secretagogues
Key Takeaways
Coccidioidomycosis, also known as Valley fever, is a fungal infection caused by Coccidioides immitis. It typically presents with pneumonia symptoms like fever, chest pain, and cough, but can also present with joint pain, and skin manifestations such as erythema nodosum and erythema multiforme.
Paracoccidioidomycosis is another fungal infection caused by Paracoccidioides brasiliensis and Paracoccidioides lutzii. It typically presents with skin and mouth ulcers, lymphadenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly, adrenal insufficiency, and aplastic anemia in case the bone marrow is affected.