Table 2.

Signs and symptoms among case patients with blastomycosis having onsets during the 2006 outbreak interval compared with those having onsets during 1995–2005. All case patients resided in the 54452 zip code tabulation area in north-central Wisconsin.

Signs and Symptoms	2006 Outbreak (n=21) n (%)	1999–2005 Historic Cases (n=46) n (%)	Pvalue
Fatigue	20 (95)	24 (86)	0.38†
Fever	16 (76)	13 (46)	0.07*
Anorexia	16 (76)	15 (54)	0.18*
Cough	16 (76)	24 (86)	0.47†
Dyspnea	15 (71)	na‡
Headache	14 (67)	na‡
Muscle aches	13 (62)	18 (64)	0.90*
Night sweats	13 (62)	18 (64)	0.90*
Weight loss	12 (57)	16 (57)	0.77*
Joint pain	11 (52)	na‡
Nausea	8 (38)	na‡
Wheezing	6 (29)	na‡
Hemoptysis	3 (14)	4 (14)	1.00†
Diarrhea	3 (14)	na‡
New skin rash	2 (10)	na‡

P values for *Yates-corrected Mantel-Haenszel chi-square or ^†Fisher exact test.

^‡data not available for patients with illness onset prior to 2003.