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Mortality due to systemic mycoses as a primary cause of death or in association with AIDS in Brazil: a review from 1996 to 2006.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  19547881     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Deaths caused by systemic mycoses such as paracoccidioidomycosis, cryptococcosis, histoplasmosis, candidiasis, aspergillosis, coccidioidomycosis and zygomycosis amounted to 3,583 between 1996-2006 in Brazil. When analysed as the underlying cause of death, paracoccidioidomycosis represented the most important cause of deaths among systemic mycoses (approximately 51.2%). When considering AIDS as the underlying cause of death and the systemic mycoses as associated conditions, cryptococcosis (50.9%) appeared at the top of the list, followed by candidiasis (30.2%), histoplasmosis (10.1%) and others. This mortality analysis is useful in understanding the real situation of systemic mycoses in Brazil, since there is no mandatory notification of patients diagnosed with systemic mycoses in the official health system.
Authors:
Marli Prado; Marcelo Barbosa da Silva; Ruy Laurenti; Luiz R Travassos; Carlos P Taborda
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz     Volume:  104     ISSN:  1678-8060     ISO Abbreviation:  Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz     Publication Date:  2009 May 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2009-06-23     Completed Date:  2009-08-28     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7502619     Medline TA:  Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz     Country:  Brazil    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  513-21     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Departamento de Epidemiologia, Escola de Saúde Pública, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / classification,  mortality*
Adolescent
Adult
Brazil / epidemiology
Cause of Death*
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Male
Middle Aged
Mycoses / classification,  mortality*
Paracoccidioidomycosis / mortality
Young Adult

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