TY - JOUR AU - Saegeman, Veroniek AU - Maertens, Johan AU - Meersseman, Wouter AU - Spriet, Isabel AU - Verbeken, Eric AU - Lagrou, Katrien T1 - Increasing Incidence of Mucormycosis in University Hospital, Belgium T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2010 VL - 16 IS - 9 SP - 1456 SN - 1080-6059 AB - To determine why incidence of mucormycosis infections was increasing in a large university hospital in Belgium, we examined case data from 2000–2009. We found the increase was not related to voriconazole use but most probably to an increase in high-risk patients, particularly those with underlying hematologic malignancies. KW - Fungi KW - invasive fungal disease KW - incidence KW - voriconazole KW - hematologic neoplasms KW - hematopoietic stem cell transplantation KW - mucormycosis KW - opportunistic infections KW - Belgium KW - dispatch DO - 10.3201/eid1609.100276 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/16/9/10-0276_article ER - End of Reference