Mortality by cryptococcosis in Brazil from 2000 to 2012: A descriptive epidemiological study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cryptococcosis is a neglected and predominantly opportunistic mycosis that, in Brazil, poses an important public health problem, due to its late diagnosis and high lethality.

Methods

The present study analysed cryptococcosis mortality in Brazil from January 2000 to December 2012, based on secondary data (Mortality Information System/SIM-DATASUS and IBGE).

Results

Out of 5,755 recorded deaths in which cryptococcosis was mentioned as one of the morbid states that contributed to death, two distinct groups emerged: 1,121 (19.5%) registered cryptococcosis as the basic cause of death, and 4,634 (80.5%) registered cryptococcosis associated with risk factors, mainly AIDS (75%), followed by other host risks (5.5%). The mortality rate by cryptococcosis as the basic c

SUBMITTER: Alves Soares E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6687200 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature