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Immune Response to Coccidioidomycosis and the Development of a Vaccine

Microorganisms, 2017
Coccidioidomycosis is a fungal infection caused by Coccidioides posadasii and Coccidioides immitis. It is estimated that 150,000 new infections occur in the United States each year.
Natalia Castro-Lopez, Chiung-Yu Hung
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Pandora’s Box: Disseminated Coccidioidomycosis Associated with Self-Medication with an Unregulated Potent Corticosteroid Acquired in Mexico

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2021
Coccidioidomycosis (CM), caused by the dimorphic fungi Coccidioides immitis and C. posadasii, typically presents as acute or chronic pulmonary disease. However, disseminated disease occurs in about 1% of patients.
Alejandro Jose Coba, Patricia K. Sallee, Danielle O. Dixon, Rahaf Alkhateb, Gregory M. Anstead   +4 more
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Coccidioides immitis Mastitis in a Mare [PDF]

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation, 1993
Mastitis in the mare is an uncommon problem. Most instances are recognized during lactation; however, mastitis can occur at any time. Equine mastitis is almost invariably bacterial, with a variety of bacterial species involved. Infections are usually unilateral and occur via the teat canal, often as a result of trauma or insect feeding.
R L, Walker, B J, Johnson, K L, Jones, D, Pappagianis, G P, Carlson   +4 more
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Coccidioidal Hepatic Abscess in a Patient With Disseminated Coccidioidomycosis: A Case Report

Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports, 2021
Coccidioidomycosis is an infection caused by inhalation of arthroconidia of Coccidioides . Forty percent of patients will develop mild and self-limited respiratory infection, and a small fraction of these individuals will develop extrapulmonary ...
Nadia Raza MD, Faisal Nasrawi MD, Arash Heidari MD, Rasha Kuran MD, Navinchandra Amin MD, Royce Johnson MD   +5 more
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Update on the Epidemiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Coccidioidomycosis

Journal of Fungi, 2022
Coccidioidomycosis is a fungal infection caused by Coccidioides immitis and Coccidioides posadasii. The dimorphic fungi live in the soils of arid and semi-arid regions of the western United States, as well as parts of Mexico, Central America, and South ...
Samantha L. Williams, Tom Chiller
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Coccidioides genomes from low-incidence states reveal complex migration history across the western United States

Microbiology Spectrum
Coccidioidomycosis (Valley fever), caused by the fungal pathogen Coccidioides, is increasing in incidence across the western United States and parts of the Americas.
Emanuel M. Fonseca, Shanaya Fox, Adrienne L. Carey, Bridget Barker, Marco Marchetti, Megan Hirschi, Kimberly E. Hanson, Katharine S. Walter   +7 more
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Epidemiology, Clinical Features, and Outcomes of Coccidioidomycosis, Utah, 2006–2015

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2021
On the basis of a 1957 geographic Coccidioides seropositivity survey, 3 counties in southwestern Utah, USA, were considered coccidioidomycosis-endemic, but there has been a paucity of information on the disease burden in Utah since.
Adrienne Carey, Morgan E. Gorris, Tom Chiller, Brendan Jackson, Wei Beadles, Brandon J. Webb   +5 more
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The Rise of Coccidioides: Forces Against the Dust Devil Unleashed

Frontiers in Immunology, 2019
Coccidioidomycosis (Valley fever) is a fungal disease caused by the inhalation of Coccidioides posadasii or C. immitis. This neglected disease occurs in the desert areas of the western United States, most notably in California and Arizona, where ...
Marley C. Caballero Van Dyke, George R. Thompson, George R. Thompson, John N. Galgiani, Bridget M. Barker   +4 more
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PM10 and Other Climatic Variables Are Important Predictors of Seasonal Variability of Coccidioidomycosis in Arizona

Microbiology Spectrum, 2022
Coccidioidomycosis (Valley fever) is a disease caused by the fungal pathogens Coccidioides immitis and Coccidioides posadasii that are endemic to the southwestern United States and parts of Mexico and South America.
Daniel R. Kollath, Joseph R. Mihaljevic, Bridget M. Barker   +2 more
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Ocular and cutaneous infection due to Curvularia pseudobrachyspora in an immunosuppressed dog: Case report and in vitro antimycotic susceptibilities

Australian Veterinary Journal, EarlyView.
A 3‐year‐old male Border Collie diagnosed with immune‐mediated dermatopathy, managed with tapering prednisolone and cyclosporine, developed rapidly progressive ocular signs and additional cutaneous lesions. Histopathology, mycological culture, polymerase chain reaction and sequencing confirmed intraocular and cutaneous infection due to Curvularia ...
T Brasil‐Ervedosa, R Clark, J Granados‐Soler, C Palmieri, V Gonzalez‐Astudillo   +4 more
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