| Other fungal infections to consider include cryptococcosis, blastomycosis, histoplasmosis, coccidioidomycosis and sporotrichosis. |
| For example, a patient with HIV who lives in the southwest United States is more susceptible to coccidioidomycosis. |
| Although a histoplasmin test is a good screening test, it often cross-reacts in patients with coccidioidomycosis. |
| Now reemerging, coccidioidomycosis is sometimes called San Joaquin Valley fever or Valley fever. |
| Persons with coccidioidomycosis may present with cough, fever, and night sweats. |
| The scientific term for the disease is coccidioidomycosis, most commonly known as valley fever. |
