Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas, Faculdade de Medicina, Campinas, SP, Brasil.
Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas, Hospital da PUC-Campinas, Departamento de Infectologia, Campinas, SP, Brasil.
Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. 2023 Feb 20;56:e0333. doi: 10.1590/0037-8682-0333-2022. eCollection 2023.
Mucormycosis is a severe invasive fungal disease. During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, outbreaks have been reported worldwide, but epidemiological studies are still scarce in Brazil.
We conducted a time-series cohort hospitalization study (2010-2021) in southeastern Brazil.
There were 311 cases (85 during the pandemic), with significant (P < 0.05) involvement of patients older than 40 years (84%), white patients (78%), rhinocerebral site (63%), and São Paulo State residents (84%).
Mucormycosis hospitalizations were highly prevalent. Further studies are needed to assess the burden of COVID-19 on mucormycosis in Brazil.
毛霉菌病是一种严重的侵袭性真菌感染。在 2019 年冠状病毒病(COVID-19)大流行期间,世界各地都有暴发的报告,但在巴西,流行病学研究仍然很少。
我们在巴西东南部进行了一项时间序列队列住院研究(2010-2021 年)。
共有 311 例病例(大流行期间 85 例),40 岁以上患者(84%)、白人患者(78%)、鼻颅部位(63%)和圣保罗州居民(84%)的参与率显著(P<0.05)。
毛霉菌病的住院率很高。需要进一步研究来评估 COVID-19 对巴西毛霉菌病的负担。