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Volume 28, Number 6—June 2022
CME ACTIVITY - Synopsis

Cross-Sectional Study of Clinical Predictors of Coccidioidomycosis, Arizona, USA

Ferris A. RamadanComments to Author , Katherine D. Ellingson, Robert A. Canales, Edward J. Bedrick, John N. Galgiani, and Fariba M. Donovan
Author affiliations: University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA (F.A. Ramadan, K.D. Ellingson, E.J. Bedrick); George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA (R.A. Canales); University of Arizona College of Medicine–Tucson, Tucson (J.N. Galgiani, F.M. Donovan)

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Table 1

Patient characteristics by confirmed Coccidioides diagnosis in a cross-sectional study of clinical predictors of coccidioidomycosis, Arizona, USA*

Characteristics
Positive, n = 73
Negative, n = 319
Total, n = 392
p value
Median age, y (range)
55 (18–83)
57 (18–98)
57 (18–98)
0.038
Sex, no. (%) 0.514
F 38 (52.8) 152 (47.9) 190 (48.8)
M
34 (47.2)
165 (52.1)
199 (51.2)

Race, no. (%) 0.024
African American 8 (11.4) 18 (5.8) 26 (6.8)
American Indian/Alaska Native 6 (8.6) 11 (3.5) 17 (4.5)
Asian 3 (4.3) 4 (1.3) 7 (1.8)
White 52 (74.3) 263 (84.8) 315 (82.9)
Unknown
1 (1.4)
14 (4.5)
15 (3.9)

Ethnicity, no. (%) 0.882
Hispanic 18 (26.5) 87 (28.1) 105 (27.8)
Non-Hispanic
50 (73.5)
223 (71.9)
273 (72.2)

Median length of endemic residence, y (range)
13 (0–78)
21 (0–98)
20 (0–98)
0.017
Admission status, no. (%)
Outpatient 31 (42.5) 49 (15.4) 80 (20.5) <0.001
Inpatient
42 (57.5)
269 (84.6)
311 (79.5)

Immunocompromised, no. (%) 0.001
Y 24 (33.3) 174 (55.1) 198 (51)
N 48 (66.7) 142 (44.9) 190 (49)

*Bold text indicates statistical significance.

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