Top Questions in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Coccidioidomycosis

Open Forum Infect Dis. 2017 Sep 12;4(4):ofx197. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofx197. eCollection 2017 Fall.

Abstract

Revised and greatly expanded treatment guidelines for coccidioidomycosis were published last year by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. We have selected 4 questions that commonly arise in the management of patients suspected of this disease and for which there remain divided opinions.

Keywords: antibody tests; antifungal drugs; lung nodule; organ transplantation; preemptive treatment.