- kok-SID-ee-oy-doh-my-KOH-sis) is a
mammalian fungal disease caused by
Coccidioides immitis or
Coccidioides posadasii. It is
commonly known as cocci,
Valley fever, as...
- habitat. The
causative agents of
coccidioidomycosis are
Coccidioides immitis and
Coccidioides posadasii. Both C. immitis and C. posadasii are indistinguishable...
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tests are administered,
which aim to
discover Coccidioides antigens. However,
because the
Coccidioides creates a m**** that can
mimic a lung tumor, the...
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Coccidioides posadasii is a
pathogenic fungus that,
along with
Coccidioides immitis, is the
causative agent of coccidioidomycosis, or
valley fever in...
- neoformans,
Pneumocystis jiroveci (pneumocystis pneumonia, or PCP), and
Coccidioides immitis.
Histoplasmosis is most
common in the
Mississippi River basin...
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fungi are
important pathogens of
humans and
other animals,
including Coccidioides immitis,
Paracoccidioides brasiliensis,
Candida albicans, Blastomyces...
- chlamydospores. Some
medically significant pathogens, such as
Coccidioides immitis, and
Coccidioides posadasii, both
causative agents of
coccidioidomycosis (also...
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Other less
common pathogenic fungi which can
cause meningitis include:
Coccidioides immitis,
Histoplasma capsulatum,
Blastomyces dermatitidis, and Candida...
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Primary cutaneous coccidioidomycosis is a skin
condition caused by
Coccidioides immitis following a
definite history of
inoculation or a
colonized splinter...
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comparable to that of a
Category 1 hurricane. The
winds carry Coccidioides immitis and
Coccidioides posadasii spores into
nonendemic areas, a
pathogenic fungus...
