Presentations of coccidioidomycosis in the ED
Emergency Medicine, Pharmacology and Medicine, University of Arizona COM
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Average age of patients with Coccidioidomycosis.
Coccidioidomycosis is a fungal infection found in Arizona, California, New Mexico, Texas, northern Mexico and other areas of similar climate in South America
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. The state of Arizona diagnoses 60% of cases nationwide per year
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. Over the last five years coccidioidomycosis patients have presented to the Maricopa Medical Center Emergency Department in Phoenix, Arizona with a variety of chief complaints. Review of each patient's history revealed several similarities between presentations of the disease.
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