Delays in Coccidioidomycosis Diagnosis and Associated Healthcare Utilization, Tucson, Arizona, USA

Tucson, Arizona, USA, is a highly coccidioidomycosis-endemic area. We conducted a retrospective review of 815 patients in Tucson over 2.7 years. Of 276 patients with coccidioidomycosis, 246 had a delay in diagnosis; median delay was 23 days. Diagnosis delay was associated with coccidioidomycosis-rel...

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Autores principales: Donovan, Fariba M., Wightman, Patrick, Zong, Yue, Gabe, Luke, Majeed, Aneela, Ynosencio, Tiffany, Bedrick, Edward J., Galgiani, John N.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6711243/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31441755
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2509.190023
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author Donovan, Fariba M.
Wightman, Patrick
Zong, Yue
Gabe, Luke
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Bedrick, Edward J.
Galgiani, John N.
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Wightman, Patrick
Zong, Yue
Gabe, Luke
Majeed, Aneela
Ynosencio, Tiffany
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description Tucson, Arizona, USA, is a highly coccidioidomycosis-endemic area. We conducted a retrospective review of 815 patients in Tucson over 2.7 years. Of 276 patients with coccidioidomycosis, 246 had a delay in diagnosis; median delay was 23 days. Diagnosis delay was associated with coccidioidomycosis-related costs totaling $589,053 and included extensive antibacterial drug use.
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spelling pubmed-67112432019-09-04 Delays in Coccidioidomycosis Diagnosis and Associated Healthcare Utilization, Tucson, Arizona, USA Donovan, Fariba M. Wightman, Patrick Zong, Yue Gabe, Luke Majeed, Aneela Ynosencio, Tiffany Bedrick, Edward J. Galgiani, John N. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch Tucson, Arizona, USA, is a highly coccidioidomycosis-endemic area. We conducted a retrospective review of 815 patients in Tucson over 2.7 years. Of 276 patients with coccidioidomycosis, 246 had a delay in diagnosis; median delay was 23 days. Diagnosis delay was associated with coccidioidomycosis-related costs totaling $589,053 and included extensive antibacterial drug use. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019-09 /pmc/articles/PMC6711243/ /pubmed/31441755 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2509.190023 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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