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We conducted a retrospective study, including patients with culture-proven coccidioidomycosis, from October 1, 2017, to December 12, 2023. Cases with hematological malignancy and hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HM) were matched with an immunocompetent cohort (1:2) to compare the sensitivity of serology (enzyme immunoassay IgG\/IgM or complement fixation) tests\u2014matched by age, gender, and race. We matched 43 HM patients with 86 controls. The median age of the HM\/hematopoietic stem cell transplant cohort was 67 (Interquartile Range [IQR], 52\u201375), 65% male, and 86% White. Most HM had lymphoma (37%), followed by leukemia (35%). Most cases had pulmonary infection (74%) versus controls (84%), P-value\u00a0=\u00a0.2, and 12% had a prior history of coccidioidomycosis compared to controls (17%), P-value\u00a0=\u00a0.4. Positive Coccidioides serology test results among HM were statistically significantly lower than controls (37% versus 72%), P-value\u00a0\u2264\u00a0.001. Multivariate conditional logistic regression identified HM and a history of coccidioidomycosis as statistically significantly associated with positive serologic testing, with Odds Ratio (OR) 0.27 (95% Confidence Interval [CI] 0.12\u20130.62, P-value\u00a0=\u00a0.002) and OR 6.07 (95% CI 1.25\u201329.4, P-value\u00a0=\u00a0.025), respectively.Coccidioides serology tests in HM patients with culture-proven coccidioidomycosis had low sensitivity. 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