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Volume 17, Number 2—February 2011
Research

Risk Factors for Cryptococcus gattii Infection, British Columbia, Canada

Laura MacDougallComments to Author , Murray Fyfe, Marc Romney, Mike Starr, and Eleni Galanis
Author affiliations: Author affiliations: British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (L. MacDougall, M. Fyfe, M. Romney, M. Starr, E. Galanis); Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario (L. MacDougall); Vancouver Island Health Authority, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada (M. Fyfe); University of British Columbia, Vancouver (M. Fyfe, M. Romney, E. Galanis); St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver (M. Romney); Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (M. Starr)

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Table 3

Risk factors for Cryptococcus gattii infection as evaluated by case−control study and population-based comparison, British Columbia, 1999–2007*

Risk factor Case−control study†
 Population comparison‡
Evaluated Association with disease Evaluated Association with disease
Age Yes None Yes Positive
Sex
 No
Yes
 None
Oral steroid use
 Yes
 Positive
No
Invasive cancer
 Yes
 None
Yes
 Positive
Pneumonia
 Yes
 Positive
No
Other lung problems§ Yes Positive No
COPD
 No
Yes
 None
Asthma
 Yes
 None
Yes
 None
Current smoker
 Yes
 None
Yes
 Positive
HIV infection
 No
Yes
 Positive
Environmental exposures Yes Negative¶ No

*COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
†n = 30 matched pairs.
‡n = 218 case-patients with C. gattii infection.
§Includes emphysema, chronic bronchitis, COPD, sarcoidosis.
¶Negative associations were found for cutting/chopping wood, pruning, and cleaning up branches.

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