Updating the epidemiology of blastomycosis and histoplasmosis in the United States, using national electronic health record data, 2013 - 2023.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Where surveillance data are limited, nationally-representative electronic health records allow for geographic, temporal, and demographic characterization of the fungal diseases blastomycosis and histoplasmosis.

Methods

We identified incident blastomycosis and histoplasmosis cases from 2013 to 2023 within Oracle EHR Real-World Data, which comprises 1.6 billion healthcare encounters nationally. To characterize geographic and temporal incidence rates, we used weighted generalized estimating equations adjusting for non-representativeness of EHR-reporting facilities. We computed standardized incidence rate ratios (sIRRs), which relay relative differences in standardized incidence rates among region, race/ethnicity, gender, and age subgroups and the national populatio

SUBMITTER: Bartels JGE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12154977 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature