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ArticleJournal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open2025

Sweet Syndrome and Valley Fever: A Case Report.

Rachel Meach, Rick McPheeters, Carol Tang, Shikha Mishra

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Article in Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 authors.

Rachel MeachWestern University of Health Sciences, Pomona, California, USA.
Rick McPheetersDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Kern Medical, Bakersfield, California, USA.
Carol TangDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Kern Medical, Bakersfield, California, USA.
Shikha MishraDepartment of Infectious Disease, Kern Medical, Bakersfield, California, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sweet's syndrome, also referred to as erythema sweetobullosum, is a rare dermatologic condition that may serve as a clinical diagnostic clue in the emergency department (ED) for coccidioidomycosis, commonly known as Valley fever. This case describes a patient who presented with the acute onset of painful bullous lesions on the forearms, chest, and anterior legs. Recognition of these cutaneous findings as Sweet's syndrome, in conjunction with a high index of suspicion for Valley fever, led to the initiation of appropriate treatment with fluconazole and prednisone prior to the return of confirmatory coccidioidomycosis serologies. Early therapeutic intervention resulted in symptomatic improvement.

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acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosisCoccidioidomycosisErythema sweetobullosumSweet’s syndromeValley fever

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PMID40704156
PMCPMC12281313

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