Impact of zygomycosis on microbiology workload: a survey study in Spain.
This multicenter, population-based study evaluated the laboratory workload produced by zygomycetes and the number of cases of zygomycosis in Spain during 2005. Less than 8% of the patients who harbored zygomycete isolates had zygomycosis. The incidence of zygomycosis (6 cases) was 0.43 cases/1,000,000 inhabitants and 0.62 cases/100,000 hospital admissions.
Torres-Narbona
Marta
M
Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Department, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain.
Guinea
Jesús
J
Martínez-Alarcón
José
J
Muñoz
Patricia
P
Gadea
Ignacio
I
Bouza
Emilio
E
D005658:Fungi / Q000302:isolation & purification; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006769:Hospitals, General / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007755:Laboratories, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008829:Microbiology; D011159:Population Surveillance; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D016526:Workload / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D020096:Zygomycosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology