Prevalence, healthcare resource utilization and overall burden of fungal meningitis in the United States.

CONCLUSION: Our study characterizes the largest longitudinal cohort of fungal meningitis in the United States. Importantly, the health economic impact and long-term morbidity from these infections are quantified and reviewed. The healthcare resource utilization of fungal meningitis patients in the United States is substantial.
PMID: 29244019 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Journal of Medical Microbiology - December 15, 2017 Category: Microbiology Authors: Charalambous LT, Premji A, Tybout C, Hunt A, Cutshaw D, Elsamadicy AA, Yang S, Xie J, Giamberardino C, Pagadala P, Perfect JR, Lad SP Tags: J Med Microbiol Source Type: research