Testing for coccidioidomycosis among patients with community-acquired pneumonia

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1053-1059

  Chang, Douglas C ^a,c   Anderson, Shoana ^b   Wannemuehler, Kathleen ^a   Engelthaler, David M ^b   Erhart, Laura ^b   Sunenshine, Rebecca H ^b   Burwell, Lauren A ^a   Park, Benjamin J ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

^c CDC

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COCCIDIOIDES; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RASH; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; THORAX PAIN;

ARIZONA; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 46349104877     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1407.070832     Document Type: Article

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