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A patient is admitted to a hospital in Ohio with a respiratory fungal infection. He had returned the previous month from a trip to Arizona, where he bought some dusty old blankets and two pots from a roadside vendor. What diseases might he have.
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Coccidioidomycosis is also known as California fever. It is infected by coccidiosis immitis, mostly occurs in California and it is an air borne disease. Chest pain is there and difficulty in breathing this can be cured by Amphotericin B.
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