coccidiomycosis

Suppurative granulomas are associated with a myriad of infectious conditions, including blastomycosis, coccidiomycosis, paracoccidiomycosis, phaeohyphomycosis, cryptococcosis, cat-scratch disease, nocardiosis, actinomycosis, and other atypical mycobacterial infections.

Most of deep mycoses are infections of other system with secondary cutaneous lesion which includes maduromycosis, histoplasmosis, blastomycosis, sporotrichosis, phaeohypomycosis and coccidiomycosis. Intermediate mycoses include Candidiasis and Aspergillosis.

* disseminated mycosis (extrapulmonary histoplasmosis, coccidiomycosis)

Coccidiomycosis, also known as valley fever, is a fungus found in the soil of arid areas.

"Stretch" Armstrong of Eugene died March 11 of coccidiomycosis (valley fever).

Granulomatous diseases include pulmonary sarcoidosis (Figure 4) hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP), Langerhans-cell histiocytosis (Figure 5, formerly known as pulmonary histiocytosis X or eosinophilic granuloma), and miliary infections caused by tuberculosis, cryptococcosis, coccidiomycosis, and histoplasmosis.

TABLE Stevens-Johnson syndrome: Pinpointing the cause (32) MORE FREQUENT ETIOLOGY Drugs: Allopurinol, anticonvulsants, antiparasitics, barbiturates, NSAIDs, penicillin-related and cephalosporin antibiotics, sulfas, tetracyclines LESS FREQUENT ETIOLOGY Bacterial: Diphtheria, group A Streptococcus, Mycoplasma pneumoniae, tularemia, typhoid Fungal: Coccidiomycosis, dermatophytosis, histoplasmosis, Protozoan: Plasmodium, trichomoniasis Viral: AIDS, Coxsackie, Epstein-Barr, HSV, influenza AIDS, acquired immune deficiency syndrome; HSV, herpes-simplex virus; NSAIDs, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.

Differential diagnosis of splenomegaly in tuberculosis patients Fungal *: histoplasmosis, coccidiomycosis, aspergillus, toxoplasmosis Viral: EBV.

A significant increase in coccidiomycosis cases in Arizona between 1998 and 2001 is attributable to climatic factors, an investigation revealed.