Estimating the Burden of Serious Fungal Infections in Uruguay
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
References
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n | % of Total Population | |
---|---|---|
Total population | 3,444,006 | 100 |
Adults (aged 17 or more) | 2,522,059 | 73 |
Adults aged 40 or more | 1,381,046 | 40 |
Women younger than 50 years | 35 | |
Children (aged 15 or less) | 757,681 | 22 |
HIV total | 12,000 | 0.35 |
HIV, not under treatment | 5640 | 0.16 |
AML | 126 | 0.004 |
HSCT | 30 | 0.0009 |
SOT * | 134 | 0.004 |
Lung cancer | 1400 | 0.04 |
COPD | 272,066 | 7.9 |
Asthma | 223,431 | 6.5 |
CF in adults | 48 | 0.001 |
Tuberculosis | 61 | 0.002 |
Number of Cases | Rate/100,000 | Accuracy of Estimation | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Cryptococcosis | 25 | 0.73 | Probably underestimated | |
Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia | 48 | 1.4 | Probably underestimated | |
Invasive aspergillosis | 773 | 22.4 | Fair | |
Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis | Annual incidence | 27 | 0.78 | Fair |
5 year prevalence | 340 | 2.5 | Fair | |
ABPA | 5682 | 165 | Fair | |
SAFS | 7491 | 217 | Fair | |
Candidemia | 1130 | 32.8 | Probably overestimated | |
Candida peritonitis | 127 | 3.69 | ||
Oral candidiasis | 2565 | 74.5 | Probably overestimated | |
Oesophageal candidiasis | 885 | 25.7 | Probably overestimated | |
Recurrent Candida vaginitis | 108,875 | 6323 | Probably overestimated | |
In total | 127,968 | 6870 |
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Macedo-Viñas, M.; Denning, D.W. Estimating the Burden of Serious Fungal Infections in Uruguay. J. Fungi 2018, 4, 37. https://doi.org/10.3390/jof4010037
Macedo-Viñas M, Denning DW. Estimating the Burden of Serious Fungal Infections in Uruguay. Journal of Fungi. 2018; 4(1):37. https://doi.org/10.3390/jof4010037
Chicago/Turabian StyleMacedo-Viñas, Marina, and David W. Denning. 2018. "Estimating the Burden of Serious Fungal Infections in Uruguay" Journal of Fungi 4, no. 1: 37. https://doi.org/10.3390/jof4010037