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US Army Med Dep J
; (3-16): 38-41, 2016.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-27613208
ABSTRACT
We review a unique set of documents, death certificates, catalogued in the US Air Force Mortality Registry, which tracks deaths for current and retired Air Force service members. We screened the records for all deaths caused by fungal diseases between 1970 and 2013. There were 216 deaths caused by a variety of diseases such as aspergillosis, blastomycosis, candidiasis, coccidioidomycosis, cryptococcosis, histoplasmosis, mucormycosis, pneumocystosis, sporotrichosis, and zygomycosis. The single most common identified cause of death was opportunistic candidiasis. Of the total 216 deaths, only 7 were active duty or active reserve personnel.
Subject(s)
Military Personnel/statistics & numerical data , Mycoses/mortality , Adult , Aged , Aspergillosis/mortality , Blastomycosis/mortality , Candidiasis/mortality , Candidiasis/pathology , Coccidioidomycosis/mortality , Cryptococcosis/mortality , Female , Histoplasmosis/mortality , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Mucormycosis/mortality , Mycoses/epidemiology , Pneumocystis , Sporotrichosis/mortality , United States/epidemiology
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MSMR
; 22(5): 9-10, 2015 May.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-25996171