title: The burden of serious fungal diseases in Russia.
abstract: The incidence and prevalence of fungal infections in Russia is unknown. We estimated the burden of fungal infections in Russia according to the methodology of the LIFE program (www.LIFE-worldwide.org). The total number of patients with serious and chronic mycoses in Russia in 2011 was three million. Most of these patients (2,607,494) had superficial fungal infections (recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis, oral and oesophageal candidiasis with HIV infection and tinea capitis). Invasive and chronic fungal infections (invasive candidiasis, invasive and chronic aspergillosis, cryptococcal meningitis, mucormycosis and Pneumocystis pneumonia) affected 69,331 patients. The total number of adults with allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis and severe asthma with fungal sensitisation was 406,082.
authors.affiliation: I. Metchnikov North-Western State Medical University, St. Petersburg, Russia.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Klimko
authors.affiliation: I. Metchnikov North-Western State Medical University, St. Petersburg, Russia.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kozlova
authors.affiliation: I. Metchnikov North-Western State Medical University, St. Petersburg, Russia.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Khostelidi
authors.affiliation: I. Metchnikov North-Western State Medical University, St. Petersburg, Russia.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Shadrivova
authors.affiliation: I. Metchnikov North-Western State Medical University, St. Petersburg, Russia.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Borzova
authors.affiliation: I. Metchnikov North-Western State Medical University, St. Petersburg, Russia.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Burygina
authors.affiliation: I. Metchnikov North-Western State Medical University, St. Petersburg, Russia.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Vasilieva
authors.affiliation: Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, The National Aspergillosis Centre, University Hospital of South Manchester, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Denning
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D000328:Adult; D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D001229:Aspergillosis, Allergic Bronchopulmonary / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D002181:Candidiasis, Vulvovaginal / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D017281:Cost of Illness; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D016919:Meningitis, Cryptococcal / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D009181:Mycoses / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D011020:Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012426:Russia / Q000453:epidemiology; D014006:Tinea Capitis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology
keywords: Russia; aspergillosis; candidiasis; cryptococcal meningitis; fungal infections; mucormycosis