coccidioidomycosis
Sign in to saveAlso known as primary extrapulmonary coccidioidomycosis, primary extrapulmonary coccidioidomycosis (disorder), cocci, Valley fever, California fever, desert rheumatism, San Joaquin Valley fever
Coccidioidomycosis (, ) is a mammalian fungal disease caused by Coccidioides immitis or Coccidioides posadasii. It is commonly known as cocci, Valley fever, or San Joaquin Valley fever. Coccidioidomycosis is endemic in certain parts of the United States in Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, and northern Mexico.
Key facts
- Medical condition.image
- Coccidioidomycosis_01.jpg
- Medical condition.caption
- Histopathological changes in a case of coccidioidomycosis of the lung showing a large fibrocaseous nodule
- Medical condition.name
- Coccidioidomycosis
- Medical condition.synonyms
- cocci, Valley fever, California fever, desert rheumatism, San Joaquin Valley fever
- Medical condition.field
- Infectious disease
- Medical condition.types
- Acute, chronic
- Medical condition.causes
- Coccidioides
- Medical condition.treatment
- Antifungal medication
- Medical condition.medication
- Amphotericin B, itraconazole, fluconazole
via Wikipedia infobox
Research
4,192 papers- Coccidioidomycosis.Infectious disease clinics of North America · 2021
- Coccidioidomycosis: a review.Journal of investigative medicine : the official publication of the American Federation for Clinical Research · 2021
- Coccidioidomycosis.Infectious disease clinics of North America · 2025
- Coccidioidomycosis.Infectious disease clinics of North America · 2016
- Coccidioidomycosis.Seminars in cutaneous medicine and surgery · 2014
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- disease
- Image
- Coccidioidomycosis granulomas on forehead.png
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- ICPC 2 ID
- A78
- drug or therapy used for treatment
- fluconazole
- Commons category
- Coccidioidomycosis
- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C84642
- health specialty
- infectious diseases
- exact match
- identifiers.org/doid/DOID:13450
- ICD-9-CM
- 114
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- WikiProject Medicine
- symptoms and signs
- conjunctivitis
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Encyclopedic overview
22 sectionsContents
- Description
- Classification
- Signs and symptoms
- Complications
- Cause
- Diagnosis
- Imaging
- Prevention
- Treatment
- Toxicity
- Epidemiology
- North America
- Population risk factors
- History
- Research
- Other animals
- Additional images
- In popular culture
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Coccidioidomycosis (, ) is a mammalian fungal disease caused by Coccidioides immitis or Coccidioides posadasii. It is commonly known as cocci, Valley fever, or San Joaquin Valley fever. Coccidioidomycosis is endemic in certain parts of the United States in Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, and northern Mexico.
== Description ==
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