Investigating Asthma After Coccidioidomycosis Among Patients With Commercial Health Insurance, United States, 2017-2022.

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• Alternative Title:
  Mycoses, 2025, v. 68, no. 2: Investigating Asthma After Coccidioidomycosis Among Patients With Commercial Health Insurance, United States, 2017-2022.
• Journal Article:
  Mycoses
• Personal Author:
  Benedict, Kaitlin ; Smith, Dallas J. ; Haczku, Angela ; Zeki, Amir A. ; Hsu, Joy ; Toda, Mitsuru ; Kenyon, Nicholas J ; Thompson, George R.
• Description:
  The relationship between asthma and coccidioidomycosis has not been fully described. We have hypothesised that Coccidioides could trigger inflammatory airway responses, similar to other fungi.
  
  To estimate the frequency of new-onset asthma-related symptoms after coccidioidomycosis and identify potentially associated factors.
  
  We used a large health insurance claims database to identify patients with coccidiomycosis with and without an asthma diagnosis code or a short-acting β
  
  agonist prescription in the year after diagnosis.
  
  Thirteen per cent of 1657 patients with an asthma diagnosis code or a short-acting β
  
  agonist prescription (median 2.5 months later).
  
  Increased healthcare provider awareness of asthma as a potential coccidioidomycosis complication could benefit patients, especially female patients and patients with severe pulmonary infection.
• Content Notes:
  Author manuscript
• Subjects:
  • Humans
  • Coccidioidomycosis
  • Female
  • Asthma
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Adult
  • Insurance, Health
  • Aged
  • Young Adult
  More +
• Keywords:
  • Coccidioidomycosis
  • asthma
  • insurance
  • health
  • United States
• Source:
  Mycoses, 2025, v. 68, no. 2
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.1111/myc.70033
• ISSN:
  0933-7407 ; 1439-0507
• Pubmed ID:
  39956956
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC12182640
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/ ; P51 OD011107/OD/NIH HHSUnited States/
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  e70033 (11 pdf pages)
• Volume:
  68
• Issue:
  2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/261677/cdc_261677_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 614.05 KB]
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:587e9aa09b185921da3f4feacae882016a18524431a98eee1239a0a044135cf9bbb945a03ac520499dcf6a247ce22536f71adfbde7ccf72ecec111b55f80268f