Studies from National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases Yield New Information about Coccidioidomycosis (Investigating Asthma After Coccidioidomycosis Among Patients With Commercial Health Insurance, United States, 2017-2022): Fungal Diseases and Conditions – Coccidioidomycosis

2026 MAR 17 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- A new study on Fungal Diseases and Conditions - Coccidioidomycosis is now available. According to news reporting originating from Atlanta, Georgia, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “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.”

Our news editors obtained a quote from the research from National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, “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 b agonist prescription in the year after diagnosis. Thirteen per cent of 1657 patients with an asthma diagnosis code or a short-acting b agonist prescription (median 2.5 months later).”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “Increased healthcare provider awareness of asthma as a potential coccidioidomycosis complication could benefit patients, especially female patients and patients with severe pulmonary infection.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Investigating Asthma After Coccidioidomycosis Among Patients With Commercial Health Insurance, United States, 2017-2022. Mycoses, 2025;68(2). Mycoses can be contacted at: Wiley, 111 River St, Hoboken 07030-5774, NJ, USA. (Wiley-Blackwell - http://www.wiley.com/; Mycoses - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1439-0507)

The news editors report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Dallas J. Smith, Mycotic Diseases Branch, Division of Foodborne, Waterborne and Environmental Diseases, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Additional authors for this research include Kaitlin Benedict, Angela Haczku, Amir A. Zeki, Joy Hsu, Mitsuru Toda, Nicholas J. Kenyon and George R. Thompson.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1111/myc.70033. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

Publisher contact information for the journal Mycoses is: Wiley, 111 River St, Hoboken 07030-5774, NJ, USA.

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