Primary pulmonary coccidioidomycosis

Medical condition
Primary pulmonary coccidioidomycosis
Coccidioidomycosis in lung, endospores in spherule.
SpecialtyInfectious 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

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Coccidioidoma". Dictionary.com. Retrieved 6 January 2010.
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Fungal infection and mesomycetozoea
Superficial and
cutaneous
(dermatomycosis):
Tinea = skin;
Piedra (exothrix/
endothrix) = hair
Ascomycota
Dermatophyte
(Dermatophytosis)
By location
By organism
Other
Basidiomycota
Subcutaneous,
systemic,
and opportunistic
Ascomycota
Dimorphic
(yeast+mold)
Onygenales
Other
Yeast-like
Mold-like
Basidiomycota
Zygomycota
(Zygomycosis)
Mucorales
(Mucormycosis)
Entomophthorales
(Entomophthoramycosis)
Microsporidia
(Microsporidiosis)
MesomycetozoeaUngrouped


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