Coccidioidomycosis differential diagnosis

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: ; Vidit Bhargava, M.B.B.S [2]

The disease itself is a mild flu-like illness that needs to be differentiated from a number of other fungal/bacterial disorders such as.

Fungal

• Blastomycosis
• Histoplasmosis
• Aspergillosis
• Pneumocystis pneumonia
• Sporotrichosis

Bacterial

• Anthrax
• Legionella
• Listeriosis
• Brucellosis
• Tuberculosis
• Scrub typhus
• Leptospirosis
• Cat scratch fever

Viral

• [[Chickenpox
• Herpes(Prodrome)
• Influenza
• Parainfluenza
• HIV
• Coxsackie B virus
• Hepatits

Detailed History, Physical examination and serological tests may be needed to pin-point the diagnosis.