Reds' Arroyo tested for valley fever
GOODYEAR, Ariz. (AP) - Ailing Cincinnati Reds pitcher Bronson Arroyo has been tested for a fungal infection in his lungs.
The right-hander has been sick for more than 10 days with flulike symptoms. The team said Friday that he's gotten blood tests and chest X-rays to see if he has valley fever, a fungal infection found in desert regions of the Southwest. The fungus is released from the soil and inhaled.
The disease is treated with rest and drugs.
Arroyo originally was scheduled to start the second game of the regular season, but has been pushed back to third in the rotation to give him extra time to recuperate. He also was scratched from a spring training start on March 21.
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