A Statistical Survey of Deep Fungus Infection in Japan
Author:
Miyake M, Okudaira M
Date: 28 May 2009
Abstract:
The authors report a statistical review of 546 cases of deep fungus infection which were observed in human post-mortem materials. The materials were collected from 67,741 necropsy cases examined at the departments of pathology of 45 medical schools and three major hospitals in Japan between 1948 and 1961. The overall incidence of deep fungus infection was 0.8 per cent. The major types of infection were candidiasis, aspergillosis, cryptococcosis, actinomycosis and mucormycosis, in this order. All the geographic regions of deep fungus infection were represented. Apparent incident rates were high in the Kanto District which has many medical college hospitals and low in the Hokkaido area where the climate is rather cool. The yearly frequency, age distribution, site of infection and underlying conditions of the major types of fungus infection in Japan was described. From the analysis of the factors, it was concluded that the increase in number of cases with deep fungus infection was based not only upon the use of antibiotic and steroid therapy, but also on the increasing interest in fungus infection and the recent progress of investigating methods.
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