Coccidioides
A mitosporic fungal genus which causes COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS.
Source: National Library of Medicine 2013 MeSH Scope Note and Classification
Images
Figure 1. <i>Coccidioides immitis</i>, GMS stain of a lung biopsy.
Figure 1. Coccidioides immitis, GMS stain of a lung biopsy.
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Figure 2. <i>Coccidioides immitis</i> by cytopathological examination.
Figure 2. Coccidioides immitis by cytopathological examination.
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Figure 3. <i>Coccidioides</i> seen by H and E stain of biopsy.
Figure 3. Coccidioides seen by H and E stain of biopsy.
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Figure 4. <i>Coccidioides</i> species seen on tape prep fromculture growth, lactophenol cotton blue stain.
Figure 4. Coccidioides species seen on tape prep fromculture growth, lactophenol cotton blue stain.
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Figure 5. <i>Coccidioides species</i> on Sabouraud dextrose<br/> agar, cultured from bronchial washings.
Figure 5. Coccidioides species on Sabouraud dextrose
agar, cultured from bronchial washings.
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Notes
For Figure 3, please refer to the Contributing Authors page for the list of IDSA 2006 case contributors. Figure 3 and the associated case were originally submitted to the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2006 Annual Meeting Fellows' Day. Copyright 44th Annual Meeting of Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA), 2006. Used with permission.
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References
  1. National Library of Medicine 2013 MeSH Scope Note and Classification