Increasing Incidence of Mucormycosis in University Hospital, Belgium

To determine why incidence of mucormycosis infections was increasing in a large university hospital in Belgium, we examined case data from 2000–2009. We found the increase was not related to voriconazole use but most probably to an increase in high-risk patients, particularly those with underlying h...

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Main Authors: Veroniek Saegeman, Johan Maertens, Wouter Meersseman, Isabel Spriet, Eric Verbeken, Katrien Lagrou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010-09-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/16/9/10-0276_article