In this month's "Hot Topic," Elitza Theel, Ph.D., shares Mayo Clinic Laboratories recommended approach to serologic testing for assessment of infection with Coccidioides.

0:00 Introduction
0:24 Overview
0:39 Coccidioides Species Epidemiology and Disease Manifestation
1:56 Diagnostic Methods for Detection of Coccidioides Species
3:48 Complement Fixation (CF) and Immunodiffusion (ID) (SCOC)
6:26 An Alternative Approach to Testing: Screening Coccidioides EIA w/ Reflex to CF/ID (COXIS)
8:29 Final Recommendations

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