Valley fever

Valley fever care at Mayo Clinic

Your Mayo Clinic care team. Mayo Clinic health care providers work together to care for people with valley fever. Providers include specialists in areas such as infectious diseases, pulmonary medicine, neurology, dermatology and cardiothoracic surgery.

The Cocci Clinic at Mayo Clinic in Arizona brings medical specialists in many areas together to treat valley fever.
Focus on you. Your care team has experience diagnosing valley fever and can create an individualized treatment plan for you.

The Mayo Clinic experience and patient stories

Our patients tell us that the quality of their interactions, our attention to detail and the efficiency of their visits mean health care like they've never experienced. See the stories of satisfied Mayo Clinic patients.

(VIDEO) When valley fever spreads: Meet Chris and his complex case
Fifty-four-year-old Chris Sams of Arizona has been living with coccidioidomycosis, more commonly known as valley fever, for nearly a decade. When his symptoms worsened and standard treatments failed, he turned to Mayo Clinic's Cocci Clinic in Arizona — one of the few centers in the country that treats the most advanced and complicated cases. Now, on a more aggressive antifungal treatment, Chris says Mayo Clinic's multidisciplinary team approach has made all the difference. Valley fever can…

Expertise and rankings

Experience. On average, Mayo Clinic's valley fever experts provide team-based care for more than 1,500 people with valley fever each year.
Research advances. Mayo researchers are part of the global efforts to modernize care for valley fever. Better, faster diagnosis and improved treatment, or even a vaccine, will help lower the burden of this illness for visitors and people who live in areas where the fungus is common.
Advanced diagnosis and treatment. The number of people diagnosed with valley fever has increased over the last several years. People who have symptoms of valley fever or who have been diagnosed with valley fever can be seen at Mayo Clinic.

Mayo Clinic in Arizona is the No. 1 hospital in Arizona for 11 consecutive years.