Mycelial Forms of Coccidioides Immitis in Sputum and Tissues of the Human Host

Article1 August 1955MYCELIAL FORMS OF COCCIDIOIDES IMMITIS IN SPUTUM AND TISSUES OF THE HUMAN HOSTMARSHALL J. FIESE, M.D., STEPHEN CHEU, M.D., ROYAL H. SORENSEN, B.S.MARSHALL J. FIESE, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, STEPHEN CHEU, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, ROYAL H. SORENSEN, B.S.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-43-2-255 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptFor half a century it has been known that Coccidioides immitis ordinarily exists in two distinct phases, the saprophytic and the parasitic, the former occurring in external nature and culture media, and the latter, in animal tissues. The biphasic life cycle of the fungus was first outlined by Ophüls,1 and was more extensively delineated by Baker, Mrak and Smith.2The usual life cycles of the fungus are as follows:Parasitic Cycle:The injected or inhaled arthrospore or chlamydospore becomes rounded and shows the doubly refractile walls of the spherule or sporangium. Its protoplasm divides by cleavage planes to form endospores,...Bibliography1. Ophüls W: Further observations on a pathogenic mould formerly described as a protozoan (Coccidioides immitis, Coccidioides pyogenes), J. Exper. Med. 6: 443, 1905. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. BakerMrakSmith EEEMCE: The morphology, taxonomy, and distribution of Coccidioides immitis Rixford and Gilchrist 1896, Farlowia 1: 199, 1943. Google Scholar3. MacNealTaylor WJRM: Coccidioides immitis and coccidioidal granuloma, J. Med. Research 30: 261, 1914. Google Scholar4. Lack AR: Spherule formation and endosporulation of the fungus coccidioides in vitro , Proc. Soc. Exper. 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