[Terriergal]

Well coccidiomycosis is one of many. aspergillosis or candida can cause it too. Aspergillosis in particular can be caught by smoking pot. (yeah, that's true...) -- now typically fungal lung infections don't occur except on immunocompromised people (cancer treatment, aids patients, transplant patients) however, if bacteria can build resistance to antibiotics, why can't yeast and other fungal agents develop more aggressive invasive characteristics?

I am not immunocompromised, but at certain times of the year I spend a lot of time fighting a burning slightly rattling sensation in my bronchial tubes and a persistent cough, with little fever. This will go on for a month and antibiotics don't do anything. And it seems to happen more often in the last five, six years or so.

[bonesmccoy]

Your symptoms sound more like reactive airway disease or mild persistent asthma. You need an evaluation by your doctor! If you are having allergic problems, you can take an anti-histamine or Singulair during that season next year / this year and avoid the problem. In addition, an allergist can identify the exact cause of your allergies. Then, you can either take shots or rid the offending agent from your environment.

[Eastbound]

" . . . why can't yeast and other fungal agents develop more aggressive invasive characteristics?"

Perhaps they do. Although it may appear they do if undetected until it's too late treat. I don't know how fungal pneumonia (valley fever)is recognized these days, but at one time it required a lung biopsy...something few doctors would be willing to prescribe and fewer patients would be willing to undergo for a casual trip to the doctor for a flu shot or prescription.