Janka
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is it just me or are these two kinda hard to differentiate??
ok, histo is the one with the skin lesions, and coccidioido is somewhat milder... that's all i can say after desperate attempts to set up a differential... but then again it's been like, what 10h of studying today?...
i'm sure you guys can do much better  so, the stage is yours 
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| Janka
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ok i've messed it up, so once again:
Coccidioido - southWEST, non-specific sx (fever, fatigue, dry cough, W/L, pleuritic chest pain),
SKIN LESIONS (erythema multiforme, erythema nodosum), arthralgias
Histo - southEAST, acute pneumonia w/ fever, cough, malaise
i'd appreciate any suggestions on how to memorize this. 
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| CocaCola
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its been my experience that questions about these infections will always include geographic information -
example
histo - usually a question about a person exploring caves (spelunking)... usually in the southeast (Mississippi, etc...)
Coccidio - usually a person who traveled to or lives in the southwestern region of the US (arizona, new mex, texas, etc...)
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| drhouse
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i agree with cocacola(nice name) []
n as Goljan said- Histo cant live in Hot atmosphere ( H for H) so Histo is found in southeast area near Mississippi river bed
n coccidio in southwest area eg. california
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| liliaeliz
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coccidio. lung,skin ,arthralgia
histo . lung,hepatoesplenomegaly,adenophaty
blastom. lung ,skin,bone
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