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Coccidioidomycosis in pregnancy: Case report and literature review of associated placental lesions

Case Reports in Women's Health, 2016
Background: Coccidioidomycosis is an endemic fungal infection found most commonly in the Southwestern United States, Northwestern Mexico, and parts of Central and South America. Although infection is relatively uncommon during pregnancy, it is imperative
Heloise Labuschagne, C. Burns, Stacy Martinez, Maira Carrillo, Melissa Waggoner, Irene Schwanninger, James Maher, Moss Hampton, Javier Flores-Guardado, Natalia E. Schlabritz-Loutsevitch   +9 more
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Fungal pneumonia : a silent epidemic Coccidioidomycosis (valley fever) [PDF]

Coccidioidomycosis, a fungal disease called \u201ccocci\u201d or \u201cvalley fever,\u201d is a major cause of community-acquired pneumonia in the southwestern U.S.Valley fever is an illness caused by the fungus Coccidioides, which lives in soil.

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Emerg Infect Dis

Demographic and clinical indicators have been described to support identification of coccidioidomycosis; however, the interplay of these conditions has not been explored in a clinical setting.

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Surveillance for Coccidioidomycosis — United States, 2011–2017

Morbidity and mortality weekly report. Surveillance summaries, 2019
Problem/Condition Coccidioidomycosis (Valley fever) is an infection caused by the environmental fungus Coccidioides spp., which typically causes respiratory illness but also can lead to disseminated disease.
Kaitlin Benedict, O. McCotter, Shane Brady, K. Komatsu, Gail L. Sondermeyer, Cooksey, Alyssa D. Nguyen, Seema Jain, D. Vugia, Brendan R. Jackson   +9 more
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Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome in Patients with AIDS and Disseminated Coccidioidomycosis: A Case Series and Review of the Literature

Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care, 2017
Coccidioidomycosis causes substantial morbidity and mortality in endemic areas, and dissemination is frequent in patients with impaired cellular immunity such as AIDS.
Anandit Mu DO, MPH, Thwe Thwe Shein MD, Priya Jayachandran MD, Simon Paul MD   +3 more
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Geohealth [PDF]

Coccidioidomycosis (also called Valley fever) is caused by a soilborne fungus, | spp.| in arid regions of the southwestern United States. Though some who develop infections from this fungus remain asymptomatic, others develop respiratory disease as a ...

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Community-acquired pneumonia work-up in areas where coccidioidomycosis is endemic: Undertested, underdiagnosed, and untreated

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology
Background: The dimorphic fungus Coccidioides is endemic in the Southwestern USA and most commonly causes respiratory infection (“Valley Fever”). While the true community prevalence of this respiratory infection is unknown, experts estimate that 30% of ...
Kent Carpenter, Pooja Rangan, Sumit Agarwal, Justin Hayes, Neil Ampel, Jonas Marschall   +5 more
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Disseminated Coccidioidomycosis to the Spine—Case Series and Review of Literature

Brain Sciences, 2019
Coccidioidomycosis is a fungal infectious disease caused by the Coccidioides species endemic to Southwestern United States. Symptomatic patients typically present as community-acquired pneumonia.
Dinesh Ramanathan, Nikhil Sahasrabudhe, Esther Kim   +2 more
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A Large Mass on the Thigh

JEADV Clinical Practice, Volume 5, Issue 1, Page 337-339, March 2026.
Claudine Howard‐James, Caoimhe Brennan, Gregg Murray, Amy Gillis, Stephen Crowther, Kevin Molloy   +5 more
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Coccidioidomycosis and climate variability in Southwest US: A systematic review

, 2019
Coccidioidomycosis, or more commonly known, Valley Fever, is an infection caused by inhaling a fungus that is found in the Southwest US, including California and Arizona. Coccidioidomycosis has a substantial public health impact.
An, Iris, LaPuma, Peter
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