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Coccidioidomycosis
(NF005)
Introduction
Coccidioidomycosis is a fungal infection caused by inhalation of the fungus Coccidioides immitis. C. immitis grows as a mold in the soil. When the soil is disturbed, the mold hyphae fragment, forming structures that become airborne. If inhaled by animals or humans, they transform into thick-walled spheres that produce thousands of endospores, which are capable of reproducing. Epidemics of coccidioidomycosis have occurred following large-scale soil disturbances caused by dust storms, earthquakes, and excavations.
In persons with competent immune systems, the majority of infections produce no symptoms or mild, self-limited upper respiratory tract illness. At least two-thirds of coccidioidal infections go unnoticed. Moderate to severe illness involving the lower respiratory tract takes several weeks to develop. Acute infections usually resolve without therapy within a few weeks or months. In 5-10% of persons, however the infection progresses to chronic pulmonary disease or disseminates via the blood or lymph circulation to the skin, bones, meninges, or other sites.
Acute infections usually resolve without therapy within a few weeks or months. However, when the infection progresses to chronic pulmonary disease or disseminates, antibiotic treatment is required.
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Hyphal forms in the central nervous system of patients with
coccidioidomycosis.
Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2000
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Coccidioidomycosis meningitis with massive dural and cerebral venous thrombosis and tissue
arthroconidia.
Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine. 2000
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Airway coccidioidomycosis--report of cases and review.
Clinical Infectious Diseases. 1999
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Coccidioidomycosis--the airborne assault continues: an unusual presentation with a review of the history, epidemiology, and military relevance.
Aviation Space & Environmental Medicine. 1999
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Endemic mycoses: a treatment update.
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 1999
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Coccidioidomycosis: a regional disease of national importance. Rethinking approaches for control.
Annals of Internal Medicine. 1999
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Recent advances in cryptococcosis, candidiasis and coccidioidomycosis complicating HIV infection.
Medical Mycology. 1998
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Coccidioidomycosis: an update.
Hospital Practice (Office Edition). 1998
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Treatment of coccidioidal spinal infection: experience in 16 cases.
Journal of Spinal Disorders. 1997
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Coccidioidomycosis.
Current Clinical Topics in Infectious Diseases. 1997
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