Coccidioidomycosis

Definition: Coccidioidomycosis

1. An infection of the lungs and skin characterized by excessive sputum and nodules.

Specialty Definition: Coccidioidomycosis

Domain	Definition
Medicine	An infectious disease caused by a fungus, Coccidioides immitis, that is prevalent in the western United States and is acquired by inhalation of dust containing the spores. Source: European Union. (references)
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Commercial Usage: Coccidioidomycosis

Domain	Title
References	The Official Patient's Sourcebook on Coccidioidomycosis (reference) (more reference examples)
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Photo Album: Coccidioidomycosis

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	Line graph showing immunologists' concept of the interplay between humoral and cell-mediated immune responses during coccidioidomycosis. Credit: CDC.		Bar graph showing reported cases of coccidioidomycosis in California by year, 1986-1992. Epidemiology, surveillance. Credit: CDC.
	Histopathology of coccidioidomycosis of lung showing spherule with endospores of Coccidioides immitis. FA stain. Endospores, not spherule wall, are stained. Credit: CDC.
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Non-Fiction Usage: Coccidioidomycosis

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Galgiani JN, Ampel NM, Catanzaro A, et al. Practice guidelines for the treatment of coccidioidomycosis. (references)
		Infections in the immunocompetent which might present with a non-specific prodrome leading to acute cardiopulmonary deterioration as in HPS include leptospirosis, Legionnaire's disease, mycoplasma, Q fever, chlamydia, and in regions where the organisms are present, septicemic plague, tularemia, coccidioidomycosis and histoplasmosis. (references)
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Coccidioidomycosis

Modern Translation: Coccidioidomycosis

Language		Translations for "coccidioidomycosis"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		coccidioidomykose. (various references)

Dutch		coccidioidosis, coccidioidose, coccidioidomycosis (bumps), coccidioidomycose (bumps). (various references)

French		coccidioidomycose. (various references)

German		Coccidioidomycosis pulmonalis, Talfieber oder Wüstenfieber, Kokzidioidomykose. (various references)

Greek		κοκκιδιοειδομύκωσις. (various references)

Italian		coccidioidomicosi (bumps). (various references)

Pig Latin		occidioidomycosiscay

Portuguese		coccidioidomicose. (various references)

Spanish		coccidioidosis, coccidiodomicosis. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.