From the respiratory tract, it can spread to the skin, bones, and central nervous system. Manifestions of the disease range from complete absence of symptoms to systemic infection and death. Diagnosis is made upon positive cultural identification of the fungus.
Treatment is with the antifungal amphotericin B and bed rest.
Cases in the San Joaquin Valley in California, where the disease is called valley fever, increased tenfold between 1991 and 1995. Listing from Electric Library , a pay service. No relevant pictures or maps found. The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Copyright 2000, Columbia University Press. Copyright 2001 Infonautics Corporation .