Coccidioides meningitis

Description

An uncommon but often lethal form of coccidioidomycosis due to dissemination of Coccidioides fungi from the primary site of infection, principally the lungs, to the central nervous system.

Index terms

Coccidioides meningitis
Coccidioidomycosis meningitis
Meningeal coccidioidomycosis

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coccidioidal meningitis
coccidioidomycosis spinal meningitis
meningitis due to Coccidioides

Inclusions

Coccidioidomycosis meningitis

Exclusions from above levels

2B01 – Mycosis fungoides
CA70 – Hypersensitivity pneumonitis due to organic dust
NE83.1 – Infection arising from device, implant or graft, not elsewhere classified

Sibling codes

1F25.10 – Disseminated coccidioidomycosis
1F25.11 – Primary cutaneous coccidioidomycosis
1F25.1Y – Other specified extrathoracic coccidioidomycosis
1F25.1Z – Extrathoracic coccidioidomycosis, unspecified

Foundation entity

Coccidioides meningitis – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1455433635

Part of: 1F25.1: Extrathoracic coccidioidomycosis › 1F25: Coccidioidomycosis › 01: Certain infectious or parasitic diseases