Ross John J, Koo Sophia, Woolley Ann E, Zuckerman Richard A
Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Division of Infectious Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Open Forum Infect Dis. 2023 Jan 20;10(1):ofad029. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofad029. eCollection 2023 Jan.
The geographic range of blastomycosis is thought to include New England, but documentation is sparse. We report 5 cases of infection with that were likely acquired in New England between 2011 and 2021. Our experience suggests that chart coding for the diagnosis of blastomycosis is imprecise and that mandatory reporting might help resolve uncertainties about the prevalence and extent of blastomycosis.
芽生菌病的地理分布范围被认为包括新英格兰地区,但相关记录稀少。我们报告了5例在2011年至2021年期间可能于新英格兰地区感染芽生菌病的病例。我们的经验表明,芽生菌病诊断的图表编码并不精确,强制报告可能有助于解决关于芽生菌病患病率和范围的不确定性问题。