Do not confuse Coccidioides (a genus of fungi) with Coccidia (a subclass of protists), nor coccidioidomycosis with coccidiosis.
Coccidioides
Coccidioides immitis
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Ascomycota
Class:
Eurotiomycetes
Order:
Onygenales
Family:
Onygenaceae
Genus:
Coccidioides G.W.Stiles (1896)[1]
Type species
Coccidioides immitis
G.W.Stiles (1896)
Species
C. esteriformis C. histosporocellularis C. immitis C. posadasii C. rosea
Coccidioides is a genus of dimorphic ascomycetes in the family Onygenaceae. Member species are the 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.[2] The host acquires the disease by respiratory inhalation of spores disseminated in their natural habitat. The causative agents of coccidioidomycosis are Coccidioides immitis and Coccidioides posadasii. Both C. immitis and C. posadasii are indistinguishable during laboratory testing and commonly referred in literature as Coccidioides.[3]
^Cite error: The named reference Rixford 1896 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^"Coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever)". Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Archived from the original on 9 July 2013. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
^Fauci, Anthony S. Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine. New York: McGraw-Hill Medical, 2008.
habitat. The causative agents of coccidioidomycosis are Coccidioides immitis and Coccidioides posadasii. Both C. immitis and C. posadasii are indistinguishable...
tests are administered, which aim to discover Coccidioides antigens. However, because the Coccidioides creates a mass that can mimic a lung tumor, the...
Joaquin Valley fever, is a mammalian fungal disease caused by Coccidioides immitis or Coccidioides posadasii. Coccidioidomycosis is endemic in certain parts...
Coccidioides posadasii is a pathogenic fungus that, along with Coccidioides immitis, is the causative agent of coccidioidomycosis, or valley fever in...
fungi are important pathogens of humans and other animals, including Coccidioides immitis, Paracoccidioides brasiliensis, Candida albicans, Blastomyces...
chlamydospores. Some medically significant pathogens, such as Coccidioides immitis, and Coccidioides posadasii, both causative agents of coccidioidomycosis (also...
neoformans, Pneumocystis jiroveci (pneumocystis pneumonia, or PCP), and Coccidioides immitis. Histoplasmosis is most common in the Mississippi River basin...
Candida (especially in immunocompromised persons), and Cryptococcus and Coccidioides.[citation needed] Often due to excessive use of the vocal folds such...
Other less common pathogenic fungi which can cause meningitis include: Coccidioides immitis, Histoplasma capsulatum, Blastomyces dermatitidis, and Candida...
Fire, El Dorado Fire, and Bobcat Fire. The winds carry Coccidioides immitis and Coccidioides posadasii spores into nonendemic areas, a pathogenic fungus...
lutzii are the causal agents of paracoccidioidomycosis. Coccidioides immitis and Coccidioides posadasii are the causative agent of coccidioidomycosis...
osteomyelitis. The two most common are Blastomyces dermatitidis and Coccidioides immitis.[citation needed] In osteomyelitis involving the vertebral bodies...
assay, toxin ELISA Vancomycin or fidaxomicin by mouth No Coccidioides immitis and Coccidioides posadasii Coccidioidomycosis No Colorado tick fever virus...
and yellow fever virus. Fungal agents that have been studied include Coccidioides spp. Toxins that can be used as weapons include ricin, staphylococcal...
Candida species that causes infections of the central nervous system. Coccidioides - it is endemic to southwestern United States and Mexico. A third of...
treponemal titers for the diagnosis of neurosyphilis and Lyme disease, Coccidioides antibody, and others.[citation needed] The India ink test is still used...
Bacteroides species can prolong the ulcerative process. Fungal causes include Coccidioides immitis (valley fever), Cryptococcus neoformans (cryptococcosis), and...
histoplasmosis, or in immunocompromised hosts Aspergillus, Candida, and Coccidioides.[citation needed] The most common cause of pericarditis worldwide is...
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