Coccidioidomycosis Cases at a Regional Referral Center, West Texas, USA, 2013–2019

We describe 73 patients with coccidioidomycosis diagnosed or treated at a regional referral center in West Texas, USA. Patients most at risk worked in oil production or agriculture; the most-associated health factors were smoking and diabetes. Patient demographics suggest that access to care may aff...

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Autores principales: Peterson, Christopher, Chu, Victoria, Lovelace, Jessica, Almekdash, Mhd Hasan, Lacy, Mark
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8962906/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35318926
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2804.211912
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author Peterson, Christopher
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Lovelace, Jessica
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description We describe 73 patients with coccidioidomycosis diagnosed or treated at a regional referral center in West Texas, USA. Patients most at risk worked in oil production or agriculture; the most-associated health factors were smoking and diabetes. Patient demographics suggest that access to care may affect coccidioidomycosis diagnosis in this region.
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spelling pubmed-89629062022-04-02 Coccidioidomycosis Cases at a Regional Referral Center, West Texas, USA, 2013–2019 Peterson, Christopher Chu, Victoria Lovelace, Jessica Almekdash, Mhd Hasan Lacy, Mark Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch We describe 73 patients with coccidioidomycosis diagnosed or treated at a regional referral center in West Texas, USA. Patients most at risk worked in oil production or agriculture; the most-associated health factors were smoking and diabetes. Patient demographics suggest that access to care may affect coccidioidomycosis diagnosis in this region. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2022-04 /pmc/articles/PMC8962906/ /pubmed/35318926 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2804.211912 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Emerging Infectious Diseases 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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Peterson, Christopher
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Coccidioidomycosis Cases at a Regional Referral Center, West Texas, USA, 2013–2019
title Coccidioidomycosis Cases at a Regional Referral Center, West Texas, USA, 2013–2019
title_full Coccidioidomycosis Cases at a Regional Referral Center, West Texas, USA, 2013–2019
title_fullStr Coccidioidomycosis Cases at a Regional Referral Center, West Texas, USA, 2013–2019
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title_short Coccidioidomycosis Cases at a Regional Referral Center, West Texas, USA, 2013–2019
title_sort coccidioidomycosis cases at a regional referral center, west texas, usa, 2013–2019
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8962906/
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