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An outbreak of Valley fever among attendees at an outdoor music festival in California’s Central Valley highlights the fungal infection’s mounting threat. Five cases have been confirmed among people who went to the Lightning in a Bottle festival in Bakersfield in May. Three of them were hospitalized.
” That’s because many doctors are not aware of the illness or they test for it too early or confuse it with another respiratory infection, she said. Such errors can lead patients to take antibiotics they do not need, rather than the appropriate antifungal medications. Around 60% of people with Valley fever do not have symptoms, while others develop a cough, fatigue, fever, shortness of breath, night sweats, muscle aches, joint pain or a rash on the legs or the upper body.
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