Clinical Characteristics, Health Care Utilization, and Outcomes Among Patients in a Pilot Surveillance System for Invasive Mold Disease-Georgia, United States, 2017-2019.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Invasive mold diseases (IMDs) cause severe illness, but public health surveillance data are lacking. We describe data collected from a laboratory-based, pilot IMD surveillance system.

Methods

During 2017-2019, the Emerging Infections Program conducted active IMD surveillance at 3 Atlanta-area hospitals. We ascertained potential cases by reviewing histopathology, culture, and Aspergillus galactomannan results and classified patients as having an IMD case (based on European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer/Invasive Fungal Infections Cooperative Group and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Mycoses Study Group [MSG] criteria) or a non-MSG IMD case (based on the treating clinician's diagnosis and use of mold-active antifun

SUBMITTER: Gold JAW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9253885 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature