Coccidioides is a genus of dimorphic ascomycete, cause of Coccidioidomycosis, also known as San Joaquin Valley Fever, an infectious fungal disease largely confined to the Western Hemisphere and endemic in the Southwestern United States. The host acquires the disease via respiratory inhalation of spores disseminated in their natural habitat. The ca...
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(from the article `disease`) ...life history includes a resistant spore stage. This occurs with various fungi responsible for plant disease, as well as certain parasites of ...
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<radiology> Osteomyelitis, favours sites with persistent red marrow (ends of bones, tuberosities and trochanters), cavitary pneumonia, grape skin cyst: very thin-walled lung cavity, usually no fluid in cavity ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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(kok-sid″e-oi´dēz) a genus of pathogenic fungi. C. im´mitis is the etiologic agent of coccidioidomycosis.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: kok-sid′ē-oy′dēz Definitions: 1. A genus of fungi found in the soil of the semi arid areas of the southwestern U.S. and smaller areas throughout Central and South America, but has not been found elsewhere. The only pathogenic species, Coccidioides immitis, causes coccidioidomycosis.
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