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       Coccidioidomycosis, or valley fever, may be underdiagnosed
       initially in central California, according to new research 
   DIR By: Masked Man
       Date: June 7, 2026, 5:43 pm
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       Study: Valley Fever Underdiagnosed in Central California
       In a retrospective chart review of 62 patients at a Fresno
       safety-net hospital diagnosed with coccidioidomycosis, some 60%
       had prior healthcare encounters, including in outpatient and
       urgent care, where the fungus was not considered or tested for.
       Study results were presented in a poster (abstract
       HEALTH-FRI-177).
       “The problem is that almost 15-30% of what we call
       community-acquired pneumonia is actually from
       coccidioidomycosis, but it resembles viral or bacterial
       infection so commonly that it gets misdiagnosed"
       LINK:
  HTML https://www.idse.net/Fungal-Infection/Article/06-26/Coccidioidomycosis-Underdiagnosed-Central-California-Study-ASM-Microbe-2026/80793
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