Volume 28, Number 4—April 2022
Dispatch
Coccidioidomycosis Cases at a Regional Referral Center, West Texas, USA, 2013–2019
Christopher Peterson
, Victoria Chu, Jessica Lovelace, Mhd Hasan Almekdash, and Mark Lacy
, Victoria Chu, Jessica Lovelace, Mhd Hasan Almekdash, and Mark Lacy
Table
Demographics of patients diagnosed with or treated for coccidioidomycosis at a referral center in West Texas, USA, 2013–2019
| Demographics | No./total† (%) |
|---|---|
| Residence at time of diagnosis | |
| Texas | 39/73 (53.4) |
| New Mexico | 18/73 (24.7) |
| Mississippi | 2/73 (2.7) |
| Unknown |
14/73 (19.2) |
| Age at diagnosis, y | |
| <20 | 5/73 (6.8) |
| 20-29 | 11/73 (15.1) |
| 30-39 | 11/73 (15.1) |
| 40-49 | 14/73 (19.2) |
| 50-59 | 19/73 (26.0) |
| 60-69 | 7/73 (9.6) |
| 70-79 | 4/73 (5.5) |
| >80 | 1/73 (1.4) |
| Unknown |
1/73 (1.4) |
| Sex | |
| M | 56/73 (76.7) |
| F |
17/73 (23.2) |
| Race and ethnicity | |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 14/73 (19.2) |
| Non-Hispanic White | 30/73 (41.1) |
| Hispanic | 29/73 (39.7) |
| Asian/Pacific Islander |
NA |
| Associated factors | |
| Smoking history | 32/71 (45.1) |
| Diabetes | 25/72 (34.7) |
| Immunocompromised | 13/70 (18.6) |
| Chronic lung disease | 11/71 (15.5) |
| Incarceration history | 13 /70(18.6) |
| At-risk occupation | 13/73 (17.8) |
| Endemic travel or residence‡ |
20/50 (40.0) |
| At-risk occupation | |
| Oil or gas extraction | 8/73 (11.0) |
| Agriculture | 3/73 (4.1) |
| Construction | 3/73 (4.1) |
| Military | 2/73 (2.7) |
| Prison worker or correctional officer | 2/73 (2.7) |
| Truck driver | 2/73 (2.7) |
| Mining |
1/73 (1.4) |
| Lung pathology | |
| Nodule or mass | 37/7 ( 52.1) |
| Pneumonia or consolidation | 26/71 (36.6) |
| Cavitation | 21/71 (29.6) |
| Effusion |
14/71 (19.7) |
| CNS pathology | |
| Meningitis | 8/73 (11.0) |
| Brain abscess or lesion | 2/73 (2.7) |
*CNS, central nervous system; NA, not available †N = 73 patients in study. Total <73 indicates missing information. ‡Includes only patients for whom a travel history was taken or who resided outside of Texas at time of diagnosis.
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