Primary pulmonary coccidioidomycosis explained

Specialty:Infectious diseases

Primary pulmonary coccidioidomycosis is an infection caused by inhalation of Coccidioides immitis.[1] Once pulmonary symptoms subside, about 30% of women and 15% of men will have allergic skin manifestations in the form of erythema nodosum. A coccidioidoma is a benign localized residual granulomatous lesion or scar that can remain in the lung's tissues following primary pulmonary coccidioidomycosis.[2]

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  1. Book: James, William D. . Berger, Timothy G. . Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: clinical Dermatology . Saunders Elsevier . 2006 . 978-0-7216-2921-6 . etal.
  2. Web site: Coccidioidoma. Dictionary.com. 6 January 2010.