coccidiomycosis

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Noun1.coccidiomycosis - an infection of the lungs and skin characterized by excessive sputum and nodules
fungal infection, mycosis - an inflammatory condition caused by a fungus
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Coccidiomycosis imitis, valley fever, should always be considered in chronic lung afflictions especially if the patient has resided in the California central valley or Arizona.
A Invasive candidiasis (n=32) 33% Aspergillosis ( n=22) 23% Histoplasmosis (n=19) 19% Cryptococcosis (n=7) 7% Mucormycosis (n=6) 6% Cladosporiosis (n=s) 5% Coccidiomycosis (n=3) 3% Unspecified (n=2) 2% Fusariosis (n=1) 1% Pneumocystosis (n= 1) 1% Note: Table made from pie chart.
Orenstein, "Successful treatment of disseminated nonmeningeal coccidiomycosis with voriconazole," Clinical Infectious Diseases, vol.
Infectious disease fungal serology was negative for histoplasma, blastomyces, aspergillus, cryptococcus, and coccidiomycosis. Urine blastomyces antigen was negative.
Co-morbidity n = 2,197 n = 455 n = 290 abscessus, ([dagger]) n = 87 COPD 780 (36) 188 (41) 130 (45) 33 (38) Bronchiectasis 335 (15) 169 (37) 114 (39) 50 (58) Cystic fibrosis 4 (0.2) 2 (0.4) 1 (0.3) 1 (1) HIV 24 (1) 4 (0.9) 3 (1) 0 (0) Coccidiomycosis 12 (0.6) 4 (0.9) 2 (0.7) 0 (0) Sarcoidosis 10 (0.5) 3 (0.7) 2 (0.7) 0 (0) Malignant neoplasm 472 (21) 56 (12) 34 (12) 8 (9) of trachea, bronchus, or lung Other malignancies 453 (21) 92 (20) 62 (21) 16 (18) No.
Erythema nodosum can accompany arthritis in patients with sarcoidosis (13), histoplasmosis (14), coccidiomycosis (15), yersiniosis (16), and Chlamydia pneumonia (17).
Other deep fungal infections such as blastomycosis or coccidiomycosis, leishmaniasis, yaws and syphilis should be considered, and the possibility of neoplastic disease must be kept in mind.
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