Coccidioidomycosis diagnosis

Coodley, E.L. Disseminated coccidioidomycosis diagnosis by liver biopsy. Gastroenterology 1967 53 947 -952... 

Suggested Alternatives for Differential Diagnosis Abdominal aneurysm, aortic dissection, pleural effusion, subarachnoid hemorrhage, superior vena cava syndrome, hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, mediastinitis, fulminate mediastinal tumors pneumonia, gastroenteritis, meningitis, ecthyma, rat bite fever, spider bite, leprosy, plague, tularemia, coccidioidomycosis, diphtheria, glanders, histoplasmosis, psittacosis, typhoid fever, and rickettsial pox. 

Suggested Alternatives for Differential Diagnosis Blastomycosis, coccidioidomycosis, aspergillosis, pneumonia, respiratory distress syndrome, mediastinal cysts, mycoplasma infections, Pancoast syndrome, sarcoidosis, tuberculosis, lung abscess, lung cancer, lymphoma. 

Serology The detection of specific antibodies does not play any role in the diagnosis of superficial or cutaneous mycoses, but has its place in systemic candidiasis, aspergillosis and especially cryptococcosis, histoplasmosis and coccidioidomycosis. 

Howard, P.F., Smith, J.W. Diagnosis of disseminated coccidioidomycosis by liver biopsy. Arch. Intern. Med. 1983 143 1335-1338... 

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