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These can be considered in terms of acute and chronic infection.

In acute coccidioidomycosis, symptoms begin 1 to 3 weeks following exposure. The onset may be abrupt or subacute, and symptoms include:

  • fever
  • headache
  • shortness of breath
  • cough and/or dyspnoea
  • inspiratory chest pain
  • malaise
  • myalgia and/or arthralgia
  • rash

Some patients develop chronic lung infiltrates and cavities that may be asymptomatic or associated with cough, haemoptysis, and pleuritic pain.

Reference

  1. Crum NF et al. Coccidioidomycosis: a descriptive survey of a reemerging disease. Clinical characteristics and current controversies. Medicine (Baltimore). 2004 May;83(3):149-75.

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