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S: CDC – http://www.cdc.gov/fungal/diseases/coccidioidomycosis/ (last access: 18 November 2014); MEDLP – http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001322.htm (last access: 18 November 2014).

N: 1. From new Latin, Coccidioides, genus of fungi (from coccidium) + mycosis from Greek mykes “fungus, mushroom” and -osis from Greek, word-forming element expressing state or condition. First known use in 1937.
2. Fungal disease caused by infection with Coccidioides immitis or Coccidioides posadasii, occurring in both primary and secondary forms.
3. Primary coccidioidomycosis is an acute, benign, self-limited respiratory infection due to inhalation of spores of Coccidioides immitis, seen primarily in the southwestern United States, northwestern Mexico, and parts of Central and South America. It varies in severity from a condition resembling a common cold to symptoms like those of influenza, sometimes with pneumonia, cavitation, high fever, and occasionally erythema nodosum (bumps).
4. Progressive or secondary coccidioidomycosis is a virulent and severe chronic progressive granulomatous disease with involvement of the cutaneous and subcutaneous tissues, viscera, central nervous system, and lungs, with anemia, phlebitis, and a variety of allergic responses. It may be either a new infection or a reactivation of arrested primary disease, such as in immunocompromised patients.
5. Other names for this disease are: coccidioidosis, coccidioidal granuloma, Posadas, Posadas-Wernicke disease, desert or valley fever, San Joaquin or San Joaquin Valley fever, and desert rheumatism.

S: 1. OED – http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=mycosis&searchmode=none (last access: 2 December 2014); MW – http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coccidioidomycosis (last access: 2 December 2014). 2. MW – http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coccidioidomycosis (last access: 2 December 2014). 3. http://www.rightdiagnosis.com/medical/coccidioidomycosis.htm (last access: 2 December 2014). 4. http://www.ndif.org/terms/16713-secondary_or_progressive_coccidioidomycosis (last access: 2 December 2014). 5. DORLAND p. 378.

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CR: aerosol, bioterrorism, mycosis.