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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| author | Veroniek Saegeman Johan Maertens Wouter Meersseman Isabel Spriet Eric Verbeken Katrien Lagrou |
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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj.art-04666b89260e438685f87c745e7070fb2022-12-22T03:36:53ZengCenters for Disease Control and PreventionEmerging Infectious Diseases1080-60401080-60592010-09-011691456145810.3201/eid1609.100276Increasing Incidence of Mucormycosis in University Hospital, BelgiumVeroniek SaegemanJohan MaertensWouter MeerssemanIsabel SprietEric VerbekenKatrien LagrouTo 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.https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/16/9/10-0276_articleFungiinvasive fungal diseaseincidencevoriconazolehematologic neoplasmshematopoietic stem cell transplantation |
| spellingShingle | Veroniek Saegeman Johan Maertens Wouter Meersseman Isabel Spriet Eric Verbeken Katrien Lagrou Increasing Incidence of Mucormycosis in University Hospital, Belgium Emerging Infectious Diseases Fungi invasive fungal disease incidence voriconazole hematologic neoplasms hematopoietic stem cell transplantation |
| title | Increasing Incidence of Mucormycosis in University Hospital, Belgium |
| title_full | Increasing Incidence of Mucormycosis in University Hospital, Belgium |
| title_fullStr | Increasing Incidence of Mucormycosis in University Hospital, Belgium |
| title_full_unstemmed | Increasing Incidence of Mucormycosis in University Hospital, Belgium |
| title_short | Increasing Incidence of Mucormycosis in University Hospital, Belgium |
| title_sort | increasing incidence of mucormycosis in university hospital belgium |
| topic | Fungi invasive fungal disease incidence voriconazole hematologic neoplasms hematopoietic stem cell transplantation |
| url | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/16/9/10-0276_article |
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