IDSA releases updated coccidioidomycosis guidelines

• Main Author: Robbins RA
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Arizona Thoracic Society 2016-09-01
• Series: Southwest Journal of Pulmonary and Critical Care
• Subjects: IDSA; Infectious Diseases Society of America; guidelines; coccidioidomycosis; cocci. Valley Fever; Galgiani JN; Valley Fever Center for Excellence; tutorial; meningitis; immunocompromised
• Online Access: http://www.swjpcc.com/news/2016/9/5/idsa-releases-updated-coccidioidomycosis-guidelines.html

No abstract available. Article truncated at 150 words. The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) has released updated Guidelines for the Treatment of Coccidioidomycosis, also known as cocci or Valley Fever (1). Coccidioidomycosis is a fungal infection endemic to the southwestern United States and a common cause of pneumonia and pulmonary nodules in this area. However, the infection can disseminate systemically especially in immunocompromised hosts and certain ethnic populations resulting in a variety of pulmonary and extrapulmonary complications. In addition to recommendations for these complications, the new guidelines address management of special at-risk populations, preemptive management strategies in at-risk populations and after unintentional laboratory exposure. The guidelines also suggest shorter courses of antibiotics for hospitalized patients and more ambulatory treatment for most individuals who have contracted Valley Fever. The panel was led by John N. Galgiani, MD, director of the Valley Fever Center for Excellence at the University of Arizona Health Sciences. Galgiani led a panel of 16 ...