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Coccidioides

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Coccidioides /Coc·cid·i·oi·des/ (kok-sid?e-oi´dez) a genus of pathogenic fungi, including C. im´mitis, the cause of coccidioidomycosis.coccidioi´dal
Coc·cid·i·oi·des (kk-sd-oidz)
n.
A genus of fungi, a single species of which, Coccidiodes immitis, causes coccidioidomycosis.
Coccidioides
a genus of pathogenic fungi.
Coccidioides immitis
the etiological agent of coccidioidomycosis. A common infection in desert rats whose feces act as the vehicle for spread of the infection.


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Evaluation of commercially available acridinium ester-labeled chemiluminescent DNA probes for culture identification of Blastomyces dermatitidis, Coccidioides immitis, Cryptococcus neoformans, and Histoplasma capsulatum.
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Coccidioidomycosis, or valley fever, is caused by inhalation of spores from Caccidioides immitis and Coccidioides pasadasii.
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