Coccidioides immitis and C. posadasii are two endemic dimorphic fungal pathogens that cause coccidioidomycosis, also called valley fever, and are found in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Pulmonary symptoms are the most common features. Nearly all cases of coccidioidal pneumonia are self-limited. Infection is caused by inhalation of spores that aerosolizes from disruptions of the soil.
Category
Fungal infectious disease
Brite
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
Mycoses
1F25 Coccidioidomycosis
H01319 Coccidioidomycosis
Genome-based classification of infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
Fungal infections (mycosis)
Infections caused by ascomycetes
H01319 Coccidioidomycosis
Infectious diseases by law in Japan [br08406.html]
H01319
Specified pathogens by law in Japan [br08416.html]
H01319
