Hospitalizations for endemic mycoses: a population-based national study.
We performed a retrospective cohort study, using the 2002 Nationwide Inpatient Sample, a national database of hospital inpatient stays, to describe the incidence and epidemiology of endemic mycoses requiring hospitalization. An estimated 332 pediatric and 6003 adult patients with endemic mycoses required hospitalization (4.6 and 28.7 cases per 1 million children and adults, respectively). Crude mortality rates were 5% and 7% among children and adults, respectively.
Division of Infectious Diseases, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Jaclyn H
JH
Chu
Chris
C
Feudtner
Kateri
K
Heydon
Thomas J
TJ
Walsh
Theoklis E
TE
Zaoutis
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001759:Blastomycosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality; D002648:Child; D003047:Coccidioidomycosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality; D015331:Cohort Studies; D019353:Endemic Diseases / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006660:Histoplasmosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009181:Mycoses / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology