What is Coccidioidomycosis?

Contents

Coccidioidomycosis: Introduction
Types of Coccidioidomycosis
Prognosis
Complications
Prevalence
Other names for Coccidioidomycosis
Who gets Coccidioidomycosis?
What causes Coccidioidomycosis?
What are the symptoms of Coccidioidomycosis?
Can anyone else get Coccidioidomycosis?
How is it treated?
Society issues for Coccidioidomycosis
Coccidioidomycosis: Introduction

What is Coccidioidomycosis?

Coccidioidomycosis: An infectious disease caused by a fungus called Coccidioides immitis which is found in the soil. Transmission usually occurs through inhalation but can rarely occur through the skin. Very rarely, infection can spread throughout the body to involve the skin, bones, joints, lungs and central nervous system which can be fatal if untreated.
Coccidioidomycosis: A mitosporic fungal genus which causes COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS.
Source - Diseases Database
Coccidioidomycosis: an infection of the lungs and skin characterized by excessive sputum and nodules.
Source - WordNet 2.1

Coccidioidomycosis: Introduction

Types of Coccidioidomycosis:

Broader types of Coccidioidomycosis:

How many people get Coccidioidomycosis?

Incidence (annual) of Coccidioidomycosis: 15 cases per 100,000 population in Arizona in 1995 (DBMD)
Incidence Rate of Coccidioidomycosis: approx 1 in 6,666 or 0.01% or 40,800 people in USA [about data]
Prevalance of Coccidioidomycosis: Incidence was 15 cases per 100,000 population in Arizona in 1995. Of persons living in areas with endemic disease, 10-50% are skin-test positive. (Source: excerpt from Coccidioidomycosis: DBMD)

Who gets Coccidioidomycosis?

Geography Profile for Coccidioidomycosis: Soil in semiarid areas (primarily in the Lower Sonoran life zone). Endemic in the south-western United States, parts of Mexico and South America. (Source: excerpt from Coccidioidomycosis: DBMD)

How serious is Coccidioidomycosis?

Complications of Coccidioidomycosis: see complications of Coccidioidomycosis

What causes Coccidioidomycosis?

Causes of Coccidioidomycosis: see causes of Coccidioidomycosis
Risk factors for Coccidioidomycosis: see risk factors for Coccidioidomycosis

What are the symptoms of Coccidioidomycosis?

Symptoms of Coccidioidomycosis: see symptoms of Coccidioidomycosis

Complications of Coccidioidomycosis: see complications of Coccidioidomycosis

Can anyone else get Coccidioidomycosis?

More information: see contagiousness of Coccidioidomycosis
Inheritance: see inheritance of Coccidioidomycosis

Coccidioidomycosis: Testing

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Coccidioidomycosis.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Coccidioidomycosis.

How is it treated?

Treatments for Coccidioidomycosis: see treatments for Coccidioidomycosis
Research for Coccidioidomycosis: see research for Coccidioidomycosis

Society issues for Coccidioidomycosis

Hospitalization statistics for Coccidioidomycosis: The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Coccidioidomycosis:

0% (6) of hospital consultant episodes were for coccidioidomycosis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
67% of hospital consultant episodes for coccidioidomycosis required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
33% of hospital consultant episodes for coccidioidomycosis were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
67% of hospital consultant episodes for coccidioidomycosis were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
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