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Mycological Diagnosis of Coccidioidomycosis

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Coccidioidomycosis

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Abstract

Coccidioides immitis, (Stiles) Rixford and Gilchrist, 1896, is a dimorphic fungus. In nature and on common laboratory media, C. immitis grows as a mycelial fungus developing alternate thallic arthroconidia (formerly arthrospores or arthroaleuriospores) (see Chapter 2). In infected hosts, C. immitis maintains a spherule—endospore cycle which can be reproduced consistently in the laboratory only with special physicochemical conditions.

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  1. Division of Infectious Diseases, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose, California, USA

    David A. Stevens M.D. (Chief, Associate Professor, Principal Investigator) (Chief, Associate Professor, Principal Investigator)

  2. Dept. of Medicine, Stanford University, Medical School, Stanford, California, USA

    David A. Stevens M.D. (Chief, Associate Professor, Principal Investigator) (Chief, Associate Professor, Principal Investigator)

  3. Infectious Disease Research Laboratory, Institute for Medical Research of Santa Clara County, San Jose, California, USA

    David A. Stevens M.D. (Chief, Associate Professor, Principal Investigator) (Chief, Associate Professor, Principal Investigator)

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Huppert, M., Sun, S.H. (1980). Mycological Diagnosis of Coccidioidomycosis. In: Stevens, D.A. (eds) Coccidioidomycosis. Current Topics in Infectious Disease. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-1712-9_3

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