Primary pulmonary coccidioidomycosis
Medical condition
Primary pulmonary coccidioidomycosis | |
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Coccidioidomycosis in lung, endospores in spherule. | |
Specialty | Infectious diseases |
Primary pulmonary coccidioidomycosis is an infection caused by inhalation of Coccidioides immitis.[1]: 314 Once pulmonary symptoms subside, about 30% of women and 15% of men will have allergic skin manifestations in the form of erythema nodosum.[1]: 314 A coccidioidoma is a benign localized residual granulomatous lesion or scar that can remain in the lung's tissues following primary pulmonary coccidioidomycosis.[2]
See also
- Coccidioidomycosis
- List of cutaneous conditions
References
- ^ a b James, William D.; Berger, Timothy G.; et al. (2006). Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: clinical Dermatology. Saunders Elsevier. ISBN 978-0-7216-2921-6.
- ^ "Coccidioidoma". Dictionary.com. Retrieved 6 January 2010.
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Fungal infection and mesomycetozoea
cutaneous
(dermatomycosis):
Tinea = skin;
Piedra (exothrix/
endothrix) = hair
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Basidiomycota |
systemic,
and opportunistic
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Zygomycota (Zygomycosis) |
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Microsporidia (Microsporidiosis) |
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