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Fungi causing systemic mycoses
- Fungal infections of the internal organs
- Infections originate primarily in the lung and may spread to many organ systems
- Organisms responsible for systemic mycoses are true pathogens (can infect normal healthy individuals)
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| Histoplasma capsulatum | Histoplasmosis (lung infection) |
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| Coccidioides immitis | Coccidioidomycosis "Valley fever" (pulmonary infection, meningitis, skin lesions) |
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| Blastomyces dermatitidis | Blastomycosis (primary disease is a pulmonary infection, dissemination may involve skin, and bone) |
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