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Primary cutaneous coccidioidomycosis

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Medical condition
Primary cutaneous coccidioidomycosis
The right side of this patient’s neck displayed a chronic lesion that had been determined to be due to a Coccidioides.
SpecialtyDermatology

Primary cutaneous coccidioidomycosis is a skin condition caused by Coccidioides immitis following a definite history of inoculation or a colonized splinter found in the skin lesion.

See also

References

  1. James, William D.; Berger, Timothy G.; et al. (2006). Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: clinical Dermatology. Saunders Elsevier. ISBN 0-7216-2921-0.
Fungal infection and mesomycetozoea
Superficial and
cutaneous
(dermatomycosis):
Tinea = skin;
Piedra (exothrix/
endothrix) = hair
Ascomycota
Dermatophyte
(Dermatophytosis)
By location
By organism
Other
Basidiomycota
Subcutaneous,
systemic,
and opportunistic
Ascomycota
Dimorphic
(yeast+mold)
Onygenales
Other
Yeast-like
Mold-like
Basidiomycota
Zygomycota
(Zygomycosis)
Mucorales
(Mucormycosis)
Entomophthorales
(Entomophthoramycosis)
Microsporidia
(Microsporidiosis)
Mesomycetozoea
Ungrouped


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