Contemporary Clinical Immunology and Serology 1st Edition by Kate Rittenhouse Olson,Ernesto DeNardin

Exercise 15

A patient has just returned from a visit to an archeological dig in the southwestern United States. He is delighted to tell you the details of excavating Indian artifacts from the dusty soil. There was so much dust that he says dinner always just tasted of dust because he had inhaled so much. He has a temperature of 104 ° F with a dry cough, joint and muscle aches, and a headache. He has a lumpy red rash on his legs. Of course, testing must be done, but you suspect
A) Cryptococcus neoformans
B) Histoplasma capsulatum
C) Coccidioides immitis
D) Aspergillus fumigatus