• Armando Zavala and Christopher M Stark.
• 1st Armored Division, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, Fort Bliss, TX 79918, USA.
• Mil Med. 2022 Oct 29; 187 (11-12): e1483e1486e1483-e1486.

AbstractThe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) global pandemic has posed unique challenges to healthcare providers that work in austere environments. Military healthcare providers advise commanders on endemic disease risk, prevention, and management during field training exercises. Healthcare workers are at increased risk of exposure to infectious pathogens. We present a case of a military healthcare provider who presented with fever, cough, and fatigue during the COVID-19 global pandemic that was diagnosed with a primary pulmonary coccidioidal infection. Treatment after appropriate diagnosis consisted of supportive care. Respiratory and pain symptoms resolved by 2 months post-diagnosis. Although COVID-19 must be closely monitored in the field training environment, it is important to maintain a high index of suspicion of endemic infectious diseases as a potential etiology for respiratory illnesses.Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States 2021. This work is written by (a) US Government employee(s) and is in the public domain in the US.

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