Estimating Severe Coccidioidomycosis in California

We used hospital discharge data to estimate incidence and distribution of coccidioidomycosis-associated hospitalizations in California. For 1997–2002, the average annual rate of hospitalization was 3.67 per 100,000 population. County of residence, older age, black race, male sex, HIV infection, and...

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Autores principales: Flaherman, Valerie J., Hector, Richard, Rutherford, George W.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2007
Materias:
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2878228/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18214188
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1307.061480
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Sumario:We used hospital discharge data to estimate incidence and distribution of coccidioidomycosis-associated hospitalizations in California. For 1997–2002, the average annual rate of hospitalization was 3.67 per 100,000 population. County of residence, older age, black race, male sex, HIV infection, and pregnancy were strongly associated with increased risk for hospitalization.

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