Infection with a fungus of the genus COCCIDIOIDES, endemic to the SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES. It is sometimes called valley fever but should not be confused with RIFT VALLEY FEVER. Infection is caused by inhalation of airborne, fungal particles known as arthroconidia, a form of FUNGAL SPORES. A primary form is an acute, benign, self-limited respiratory infection. A secondary form is a virulent, severe, chronic, progressive granulomatous disease with systemic involvement. It can be detected by use of COCCIDIOIDIN.
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| "Coccidioidomycosis is a disease of relative immunocompromise, and a negative skin test should herald such compromise and support a decision for surgery." | ( Baker, EJ; Hawkins, JA; Waskow, EA, 1978) |
| "Coccidioidomycosis is accepted as being noncontagious because the infectious arthroconidial form of Coccidioides immitis is not produced in humans and other mammalian hosts." | ( Hoeprich, PD; Kohn, GJ; Linné, SR; Smith, CM, 1992) |
| "Peritoneal coccidioidomycosis is extremely rare." | ( Campbell, DR; Fishback, JL; Jamidar, PA; Klotz, SA, 1992) |
| "Coccidioidomycosis is a deep mycotic infection endemic to the southwestern United States." | ( Chen, CH; Hsu, YT; Perng, RP; Shih, JF, 1991) |
| "Coccidioidomycosis is a largely self-limited fungal respiratory illness." | ( Bronnimann, DA; Galgiani, JN, 1989) |
| "Coccidioidomycosis is a highly variable disease." | ( Galgiani, JN; Knoper, SR, 1988) |
| "Disseminated coccidioidomycosis is a systemic fungal infection that causes high mortality in the renal transplatn patient." | ( Kaplan, JE; Kisch, AL; Zoschke, D, 1980) |
| "Primary pulmonary coccidioidomycosis is usually a self-limited disease." | ( Bayer, AS, 1980) |
| "Coccidioidomycosis is usually acquired by inhalation of Coccidioides immitis in certain areas of the Western Hemisphere." | ( Pappagianis, D, 1993) |
| "Coccidioidomycosis is becoming increasingly recognized as an opportunistic infection among patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus." | ( Ampel, NM; Hippenmeyer, CL; Mahaffey, KW; Mandel, R, 1993) |
| "Disseminated coccidioidomycosis is a systemic fungal infection that is occurring more commonly and causes high mortality in patients with compromised host defense or debilitated." | ( Jin, SY; Kim, DW; Lee, DW; Lee, JS; Lee, WG; Woo, JH, 1996) |
| "Coccidioidomycosis is a fungal infection endemic to the southwestern United States." | ( Gerardi, JA; Kushwaha, VP; Oppenheim, WL; Shaw, BA, 1996) |
| "Coccidioidomycosis is endemic in regions of the Americas, but this infection may be encountered in travellers who return from an endemic region." | ( Chan, CH; Cheng, AF; Chu, KC; Ho, AS; Koehler, AP; Lyon, DJ, 1998) |
| "Coccidioidomycosis is a regionally common fungal infection, primarily affecting the lung." | ( Hobohm, DW; Kelley, PC; Lawrence, JP; Sarosi, GA; Smith, DK; Thomas, A, 2001) |
| "Coccidioidomycosis is a disease known for its endemicity to the Southwest United States." | ( Kim, A; Parker, SS, 2002) |
| "Coccidioidomycosis is a rare fungal infection caused by C immitis in endemic areas of the southwestern United States." | ( Goodman, S; Werle, J, 2004) |
| "Coccidioidomycosis is a systemic mycosis that is acquired by inhalation." | ( Meier, F; Metzler, G; Scherwitz, C; Schmidt, S; Tintelnot, K; Walker, B, 2004) |
| "Coccidioidomycosis is the second most common endemic fungal infection in the southwestern United States." | ( Brown, JV; Goldstein, BH; Micha, JP; Rettenmaier, MA; Robinson, PA, 2005) |
| "Male genitourinary coccidioidomycosis is rare but it should be considered in the differential diagnosis of patients with exposure to the endemic area who present with prostatitis or epididymitis." | ( Andrews, PE; Blair, JE; Sohail, MR, 2005) |
| "Coccidioidomycosis is a systemic infection caused by the soil-dwelling dimorphic fungi Coccidioides spp." | ( Brilhante, RS; Camargo, ZP; Cordeiro, RA; Costa, AK; Fechine, MA; Rocha, MF; Sidrim, JJ, 2006) |
| "Coccidioidomycosis is an uncommon fungal infection during pregnancy." | ( Ballon-Landa, G; Crum, NF, 2006) |
| "Coccidioidomycosis is a systemic disease caused by a fungus found in soil and transmitted through inhalation." | ( Hwang, JM; Pian, D, 2006) |
| "Coccidioidomycosis is a recognized opportunistic infection in those with HIV-1 infection." | ( Ampel, NM, 2007) |
| "While testicular coccidioidomycosis is not common, the case is presented because consideration as a differential diagnosis for scrotal masses or lesions in patients who live in endemic areas is essential." | ( Ruggles, D, 2008) |
| "Coccidioidomycosis is a common opportunistic infection in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)-infected individuals living in regions where coccidioidomycosis is endemic." | ( Ampel, NM; Masannat, FY, 2010) |
| "Coccidioidomycosis is a fungal infection endemic to south-west USA, north Mexico and parts of Central and South America." | ( Huang, H; Lan, F; Tong, YZ; Xiong, SD; Xiong, WN; Xu, YJ, 2010) |
| "Coccidioidomycosis is uncommon." | ( Chen, L; Huang, M; Xie, WP; Zhang, ZH; Zhu, Q; Zong, F, 2010) |
| "Coccidioidomycosis is a fungal disease caused by inhalation of airborne particles of Coccidioides spp." | ( Allanore, Y; Kahan, A; Paugam, A; Reach, P; Wipff, J, 2010) |
| "Coccidioidomycosis is a fungal infection primarily found in residents or visitors to geographic areas where Coccidioides species are endemic, including the southwestern United States, northwestern Mexico, and certain areas of Central and South America." | ( Blair, JE; Kokseng, SL, 2011) |
| "Primary cutaneous coccidioidomycosis is rare." | ( Lambiase, MC; Newlon, HR, 2010) |
| "Coccidioidomycosis is an infection caused by Coccidioides species, which are endemic for the Southwestern United States and parts of Central America and South America." | ( Blair, JE; Carey, EJ; Vucicevic, D, 2011) |
| "Coccidioidomycosis is a deep mycosis caused by the fungus Coccidioides immitis." | ( Geetha, N; Gopalakrishnan, R; Kumar, KS; Narasimhan, A; Suryanarayanan, P; Thirunarayanan, MA, 2011) |
| "Coccidioidomycosis is a fungal infection of the desert southwestern United States." | ( Blair, JE; Kim, MM; Kusne, S; Seville, MT; Vikram, HR, 2011) |
| "Coccidioidomycosis is caused by the dimorphic fungus Coccidioides immitis, which is endemic in southwestern United States." | ( D'Avino, A; Di Giambenedetto, S; Fabbiani, M; Farina, S, 2012) |
| "Coccidioidomycosis is an endemic disease of the western hemisphere." | ( Aggarwal, PK; Basu, AK; Khanna, S; Oberoi, JK; Verma, K; Wattal, C, 2012) |
| "Coccidioidomycosis is a spectrum of diseases caused by the dimorphic fungi Coccidioides." | ( Levy, ER; McCarty, JM; Shane, AL; Weintrub, PS, 2013) |
| "Coccidioidomycosis is a fungal infection caused by the Coccidioides species, endemic to the southwestern United States." | ( Erinanc, H; Haberal, M; Moray, G; Ozdemir, H; Tepeoglu, M; Turan, H, 2014) |
| "Coccidioidomycosis is a fungal infection caused by the Coccidioides species, which is endemic in the deserts of the southwestern region of the United States, northern Mexico, and in some areas of Central and South America." | ( Antinori, A; Bellagamba, R; Corpolongo, A; Ghirga, P; Giancola, ML; Mencarini, P; Nicastri, E; Oliva, A; Pane, S; Tommasi, C, 2014) |
| "Coccidioidomycosis is an insidious fungal disease, endemic to arid regions of the Americas, which is becoming more frequently recognised worldwide." | ( Baxi, SM; Chin-Hong, P; Iribarne, D; Langelier, C, 2014) |
| "Coccidioidomycosis is a potentially life-threatening respiratory disease which is endemic to the southwestern United States and arid regions of Central and South America." | ( Castro-Lopez, N; Cole, GT; Hung, CY, 2016) |
| "The incidence of coccidioidomycosis is increasing, and published pediatric experience is limited." | ( Dimitrova, D; Ross, L, 2016) |
| "Coccidioidomycosis is an infection caused by inhalation of the Coccidioides fungus." | ( Foerter, J; Sundell, J; Vroman, P, 2016) |
| "Coccidioidomycosis is a common infection in the desert southwestern USA; approximately 3 % of healthy persons in Arizona alone become infected annually." | ( Berg, Z; Blair, JE; Fitterer, C; Halfdanarson, TR; Kusne, S; Orenstein, R; Seville, MT; Vikram, HR, 2016) |
| "Coccidioidomycosis is an insidious infection caused by Coccidioides spp (C." | ( Georgescu, A; Hamadani, AA; Majeed, A; Ullah, W, 2016) |
| "Coccidioidomycosis is a potentially life-threatening mycosis endemic to the Southwestern USA and some arid regions of Central and South America." | ( Hung, CY; Hurtgen, BJ, 2017) |
| "Coccidioidomycosis is usually acquired by inhalation of spores of Coccidioides immitis and C." | ( Al-Tawfiq, JA; Amra, NK; Rabah, R; Saunar, J; Shahab, R; Soriano, J, 2017) |
| "Coccidioidomycosis is an infection caused by inhaling spores of the soil fungus Coccidioides immitis (hereafter termed Cocci)." | ( Nicas, M, 2018) |
| "Coccidioidomycosis is caused by inhaling spores of Coccidioides immitis (C." | ( Nicas, M, 2018) |
| "Coccidioidomycosis is a fungal infection caused by Coccidioides immitis or Coccidioides posadasii." | ( Antunes, A; Araújo, PSR; Arraes, LC; Lima Neto, RG; Marsden, A; Oliveira, MI; Padilha, CE; Souza Junior, VR; Vieira, R, 2018) |
| "Coccidioidomycosis is an endemic fungal infection common in the southwestern United States." | ( Ampel, NM; Bilal, J; Bode, B; Hoover, SE; Kollampare, S; Lisse, JR; Sudano, D, 2019) |
| "Coccidioidomycosis is an endemic mycosis of the southern United States, Northern Mexico, and South America." | ( Chavez-Alvarez, S; Ocampo-Candiani, J; Reyna-Rodríguez, IL, 2020) |
| "Disseminated coccidioidomycosis is exceedingly rare, occurring in fewer than 1 % of symptomatic infections." | ( Carrasco, R; Diaz, LZ; Henkel, E; Trainor, M, 2021) |
| "CNS coccidioidomycosis is an uncommon and sometimes devastating complication of disseminated coccidioidomycosis." | ( Clerkin, PQ; Giglio, L; Laningham, F; McCarty, JM; Naeem, F; Sharma, J, 2023) |
| "Coccidioidomycosis is a fungal infection with a range of clinical manifestations." | ( Clement, J; Donnelley, MA; Heidari, A; Johnson, R; Jolliff, J; Kuran, R; Reynolds, T; Shah, M; Shakir, Q; Sharma, R; Thompson, GR; Trigg, K, 2023) |
| "Coccidioidomycosis is a typically respiratory fungal disease that, in the United States, occurs primarily in Arizona and California." | ( Campo, S; Head, JR; Montoya, L; Remais, J; Taylor, JW; Wagner, R, 2023) |
| "Coccidioidomycosis is a fungal infection endemic to the southwestern United States and regions of Latin America." | ( Ausman, C; Edmondson, J; Ewers, EC; Maves, RC; McCool, I; Perry, A; Walsh, JC; Wisniewski, P, 2023) |
| "Coccidioidomycosis is known to occur around the western hemisphere." | ( Kathirvelu, S; Sri, K; Srinivasan, S; Vaithy, A, 2023) |