Volume 28, Number 6—June 2022
CME ACTIVITY - Synopsis
Cross-Sectional Study of Clinical Predictors of Coccidioidomycosis, Arizona, USA
Ferris A. Ramadan
, Katherine D. Ellingson, Robert A. Canales, Edward J. Bedrick, John N. Galgiani, and Fariba M. Donovan
, Katherine D. Ellingson, Robert A. Canales, Edward J. Bedrick, John N. Galgiani, and Fariba M. Donovan
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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