Increasing Incidence of Zygomycosis (Mucormycosis), France, 1997–2006

Authors :: Dieter Van Cauteren
Olivier Lortholary
Eric Dannaoui
Didier Che
Françoise Dromer
Fanny Lanternier
Jean-Claude Desenclos
D. Bitar
Source :: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 15, Iss 9, Pp 1395-1401 (2009)
Publication Year :: 2009
Publisher :: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 2009.
Abstract: Results were derived from a population-based study using hospital discharge data.<br />We analyzed hospital records to provide a population-based estimate of zygomycosis incidence and trends over a 10-year period at a national level in France. Data showed an increasing incidence from 0.7/million in 1997 to 1.2/million in 2006 (p