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Prevalence, healthcare resource utilization and overall burden of fungal meningitis in the United States
Author(s) -
Lefko T. Charalambous,
Alykhan Premji,
Caroline Tybout,
Anastasia Hunt,
Drew Cutshaw,
Aladine A. Elsamadicy,
Siyun Yang,
Jichun Xie,
Charles Giamberardino,
Promila Pagadala,
John R. Perfect,
Shivanand P. Lad
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of medical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.91
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1473-5644
pISSN - 0022-2615
DOI - 10.1099/jmm.0.000656
Subject(s) - histoplasmosis , meningitis , medicine , epidemiology , coccidioides , pediatrics , cohort , histoplasma , intensive care medicine , immunology , histoplasma capsulatum
Previous epidemiological and cost studies of fungal meningitis have largely focused on single pathogens, leading to a poor understanding of the disease in general. We studied the largest and most diverse group of fungal meningitis patients to date, over the longest follow-up period, to examine the broad impact on resource utilization within the United States.

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