RT Book, Section A1 Marsh, Ketzela J. A1 Schleiss, Mark R. A2 Kline, Mark W. SR Print(0) ID 1182937196 T1 Coccidioidomycosis T2 Rudolph's Pediatrics, 23e YR 2018 FD 2018 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9781259588594 LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1182937196 RD 2024/10/03 AB Coccidioidomycosis is the infection caused by the dimorphic fungi Coccidioides immitis or Coccidioides posadasii. Although it was initially believed that coccidioidomycosis was an invariably lethal infection, by the mid-1930s, it was recognized that the organism was in fact responsible for a very common, acute, and generally self-limited disease that was known as the San Joaquin Valley fever. In regions where coccidioidomycosis is endemic, Valley fever continues to be an important public health problem. In addition, coccidioidomycosis has emerged in recent years as an important cause of disease in immunocompromised patients, particularly those with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.