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Volume 24, Number 3—March 2018

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Multistate Epidemiology of Histoplasmosis, United States, 2011–20141

Paige A. ArmstrongComments to Author , Brendan R. Jackson, Dirk Haselow, Virgie Fields, Malia Ireland, Connie Austin, Kimberly Signs, Veronica Fialkowski, Reema Patel, Peggy Ellis, Peter C. Iwen, Caitlin Pedati, Suzanne Gibbons-Burgener, Jannifer Anderson, Thomas Dobbs, Sherri Davidson, Mary McIntyre, Kimberly Warren, Joanne Midla, Nhiem Luong, and Kaitlin Benedict
Author affiliations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (P.A. Armstrong, B.R. Jackson, C. Pedati, K. Benedict); Arkansas Department of Health, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA (D. Haselow, V. Fields, V. Fialkowski); Minnesota Department of Health, Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA (M. Ireland); Illinois Department of Public Health, Springfield, Illinois, USA (C. Austin); Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Lansing, Michigan, USA (K. Signs, V. Fialkowski); Indiana State Department of Health, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA (R. Patel); Kentucky Department for Public Health, Frankfort, Kentucky, USA (P. Ellis); University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA (P.C. Iwen); Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA (C. Pedati); Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Madison, Wisconsin, USA (S. Gibbons-Burgener); Mississippi State Department of Health, Jackson, Mississippi, USA (J. Anderson, T. Dobbs); Alabama Department of Public Health, Montgomery, Alabama, USA (S. Davidson, M. McIntyre); Pennsylvania Department of Health, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA (K. Warren); Ohio Department of Health, Columbus, Ohio, USA (J. Midla); Delaware Division of Public Health, Dover, Delaware, USA (N. Luong); 1This work was presented in part at the 2016 IDWeek Conference, the 66th Epidemic Intelligence Service Conference, and the 2017 Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists Annual Conference.

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Table 3

Patient factors associated with hospitalization or death among histoplasmosis cases reported to public health, 12 US states, 2011–2014*

Characteristic
 Hospitalization
Death
RR (95% CI)
 p value
 RR (95% CI)
 p value
Age >50 y 1.23 (1.14–1.32) <0.001 6.28 (3.43–11.49) <0.001
Male sex 1.08 (1.01–1.45) 0.033 1.02 (0.65–1.58) 0.944
Nonwhite race† 1.26 (1.13–1.41) <0.001 0.82 (0.36–1.86) 0.627
Immunocompromised‡
 1.78 (1.62–1.96)
 <0.001
6.07 (2.61–14.11)
 <0.001
Positive laboratory test result§
Antigen 1.75 (1.62–1.89) 0.001 1.73 (1.04–2.87) 0.033
Antibody 0.58 (0.53–0.63) <0.001 0.41 (0.24–0.71) 0.001
Confirmatory 1.21 (1.09–1.34) 0.001 2.13 (1.28–3.54) 0.003

*RR, relative risk.
†Data collected by 8 states.
‡Data collected data by 3 states.
§Data collected by 9 states.

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