title: Concurrent silicosis and pulmonary mycosis at death.
abstract: To examine risk for mycosis among persons with silicosis, we examined US mortality data for 1979-2004. Persons with silicosis were more likely to die with pulmonary mycosis than were those without pneumoconiosis or those with more common pneumoconioses. Health professionals should consider enhanced risk for mycosis for silica-exposed patients.
authors.affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Morgantown, West Virginia 26505, USA.
authors.forename: Yulia
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Iossifova
authors.forename: Rachel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bailey
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wood
authors.forename: Kathleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kreiss
mesh_terms: D001195:Asbestosis / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality; D006801:Humans; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality*; D011009:Pneumoconiosis / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality; D012829:Silicosis / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology