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That approximately 60% of coccidioidal infections are asymptomatic has been discussed in Chapter 4. Forty percent of patients are symptomatic with a disease spectrum ranging from mild influenzalike complaints to frank pneumonia. Ordinarily the symptoms are sufficiently vague that no specific diagnosis is suggested. Thus, the epidemiologic history is of major value.
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Catanzaro, A., Drutz, D.J. (1980). Primary Coccidioidomycosis. In: Stevens, D.A. (eds) Coccidioidomycosis. Current Topics in Infectious Disease. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-1712-9_9
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