4994-0

Coccidioides immitis rRNA [Presence] in Specimen by Probe

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LP14437-5   Coccidioides immitis
Coccidioides immitis is a pathogenic fungus that resides in the soil. It, along with its relative Coccidioides posadasii , can cause coccidioidomycosis, and on rare occasions meningitis, mostly in immunocompromised persons. It is considered a biosafety level 3 pathogen. Copyright Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ for details. Source: Wikipedia, Coccidioides immitis (Wikipedia)

LP14437-5   Coccidioides immitis
Coccidioidomycosis, also known as Valley Fever, is caused by two species of soil-dwelling fungi, Coccidioides immitis and C. posadasii. It is common in the southwestern United States, Mexico, and South America and is transmitted by inhalation, frequently after contaminated soil is disrupted, such as by construction or natural events such as earthquakes or dust storms. Infections range from asymptomatic to life-threatening, and the clinical presentation is the same for both species. In about 40% of patients, symptoms begin one to three weeks after exposure and include cough, shortness of breath, headache, fatigue, and rash. Up to 10% of patients develop pulmonary complications or chronic disease, and about one percent of patients develop disseminated infection involving meninges (i.e., meningitis), soft tissues, and bones or joints. Patients who are immunocompromised are more likely to develop more severe disease. [CDC: https://www.cdc.gov/fungal/diseases/coccidioidomycosis/health-professionals.html] Source: Regenstrief LOINC

Fully-Specified Name

Component

Coccidioides immitis rRNA

Property

PrThr

Time

Pt

System

XXX

Scale

Ord

Method

Probe

Additional Names

Short Name

C immitis rRNA Spec Ql Probe

Display Name

C. immitis rRNA Probe Ql (Specimen)

Consumer Name Alpha Get Info

Coccidioides immitis, Specimen

Basic Attributes

Class

MICRO

Type

Laboratory

First Released

Version 1.0

Last Updated

Version 2.73

Change Reason

The PrThr property is used for LOINC terms whose results are reported using an ordered categorical scale, regardless of whether or not an internal threshold was used to make that determination. This change was approved by the Laboratory LOINC Committee in June 2016.

Order vs. Observation

Both

Common Test Rank Get Info

15215

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Language Variants Get Info

Related Names

• B immitis
• Blastomycoides immitis
• C esteriformis
• C immitis
• Coccidioides esteriformis
• Coccidiomycosis
• Coccio
• DNA NUCLEIC ACID PROBE
• DNA probe
• G immite
• G louisianoideum
• G metaeuropea
• Geotrichum immite
• Glenospora metaeuropea
• Glenosporum louisianoideum
• ID
• Infectious Disease
• InfectiousDisease
• Microbiology
• Misc
• Miscellaneous
• Ordinal
• Other
• P esteriformis
• P mazzai
• Point in time
• Posadasia esteriformis
• PR
• Pseudococcidioides mazzai
• QL
• Qual
• Qualitative
• Random
• ribosomal RNA
• San Joaquin Valley fever
• Screen
• Spec
• T proteolyticum
• To be specified in another part of the message
• Trichosporon proteolyticum
• Unspecified
• Valley fever

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