Disease burden and demographic characteristics of mucormycosis: A nationwide population‐based study in Taiwan, 2006–2017

• Published in: Mycoses Vol. 65; no. 11; pp. 1001 - 1009
• Main Authors: Shih, Hsin‐I, Huang, Yi‐Ting, Wu, Chi‐Jung
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany Wiley 01.11.2022; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc; John Wiley and Sons Inc
• Subjects: Antifungal Agents; Antifungal Agents - therapeutic use; Aspergillosis; Aspergillosis - drug therapy; Cost of Illness; Demographics; Demography; diabetes; Diabetes mellitus; Disease; Epidemiology; haematological malignancy; Hospital Mortality; Humans; incidence; Mortality; Mucormycosis; Mucormycosis - drug therapy; Mucormycosis - epidemiology; Multivariate analysis; Original; Original Articles; Patients; Population studies; Population-based studies; Posaconazole; Taiwan; Taiwan - epidemiology; Taiwan; posaconazole; epidemiology; Taiwan; aspergillosis; haematological malignancy; diabetes; incidence; mucormycosis

Background Epidemiological knowledge of mucormycosis obtained from national population‐based databases is scarce. Objectives This study aimed to depict the disease burden and demographics of mucormycosis in Taiwan by using the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD) and those of a...