title: Hospitalizations associated with disseminated coccidioidomycosis, Arizona and California, USA.
abstract: We analyzed hospitalization databases from Arizona and California for disseminated coccidioidomycosis-associated hospitalizations among immunocompetent persons. Racial/ethnic disease ratios were characterized by a higher incidence of hospitalization among blacks compared with other groups. This finding suggests that HIV infection, AIDS, and primary immune conditions are not a major factor in this disparity.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bldg 15B-1, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. seitza@niaid.nih.gov
authors.forename: Amy E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Seitz
authors.forename: D Rebecca
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Prevots
authors.forename: Steven M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Holland
mesh_terms: D001130:Arizona / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology; D002140:California / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology; D003047:Coccidioidomycosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence