[Overlooked deadly infection with Coccidioides immitis].

Coccidioides immitis is a dimorphic fungus endemic to the southwestern North America and Central America. Infection is acquired through inhalation of soil containing spores. This case report describes a case of C.

Diagnostic property of direct referral from general practitioners to contrast-enhanced thoracoabdominal CT in patients with serious but non-specific symptoms or signs of cancer: a retrospective cohort study on cancer prevalence after 12 months.

Objectives: To describe the diagnostic properties of thoracoabdominal contrast-enhanced CT (ceCT), when general practitioners (GPs) managed referral to ceCT through the non-specific symptoms or signs of cancer-cancer patient pathway (NSSC-CPP).

Design: Retrospective cohort study including patients from a part of Denmark.

Setting: Department of Internal Medicine at a university hospital.