Definition of "coccidiomycosis" []

• An infection of the lungs and skin characterized by excessive sputum and nodules (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "SOMERS: It turned out to be something called coccidiomycosis (ph) which is a fungus that exists in the desert southwest and it lies dormant in most people there and something knocked out my immune system that just put me into the anaphylactic shock and into the emergency room."
• "A lung biopsy showed it was not cancer, rather it was a common fungal illness, Valley Fever, also called coccidiomycosis."
• "Coccidiosis or coccidiomycosis is also referred to as San Joaquin Valley fever or Valley fever."