Increasing Incidence of Mucormycosis in University Hospital, Belgium

To determine why incidence of mucormycosis infections was increasing in a large university hospital in Belgium, we examined case data from 2000–2009. We found the increase was not related to voriconazole use but most probably to an increase in high-risk patients, particularly those with underlying h...

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Autores principales: Saegeman, Veroniek, Maertens, Johan, Meersseman, Wouter, Spriet, Isabel, Verbeken, Eric, Lagrou, Katrien
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3294978/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20735932
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1609.100276
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Sumario:To determine why incidence of mucormycosis infections was increasing in a large university hospital in Belgium, we examined case data from 2000–2009. We found the increase was not related to voriconazole use but most probably to an increase in high-risk patients, particularly those with underlying hematologic malignancies.

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