{"id":11587,"date":"2026-03-04T18:12:27","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T00:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/?p=11587"},"modified":"2026-03-04T18:12:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T00:12:30","slug":"us-study-shows-rising-prevalence-of-fungal-infection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/2026\/03\/04\/us-study-shows-rising-prevalence-of-fungal-infection\/","title":{"rendered":"US study shows rising prevalence of fungal infection"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cidrap.umn.edu\/fungal-infection\/us-study-shows-rising-prevalence-fungal-infection\">CIDRAP<\/a> Analysis of a nationally representative sample of electronic health record (EHR) data shows aspergillosis diagnoses increased by more than 5% annually in the United States from 2013 through 2023, US researchers&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/ofid\/advance-article\/doi\/10.1093\/ofid\/ofag094\/8501127#google_vignette\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"reported late last week, opens in a new window\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported late last week<\/a>&nbsp;in&nbsp;<em>Open Forum Infectious Diseases.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aspergillosis is an infection caused by breathing in spores of&nbsp;<em>Aspergillus,<\/em>&nbsp;a common mold that\u2019s ubiquitous indoors and outdoors. While most people don\u2019t get sick from inhaling&nbsp;<em>Aspergillus,<\/em>&nbsp;it can cause severe and deadly infections in people who have lung disease or are immune-compromised (such as cancer patients and organ transplant recipients), with an overall death rate of 20%. Recent data also raise concerns that&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cidrap.umn.edu\/fungal-infection\/study-indicates-rising-resistance-complicating-aspergillosis-treatment\">rising resistance<\/a>&nbsp;to antifungal medications is making treatment more difficult.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Globally, there are an estimated 250,000 invasive aspergillosis and more than 3 million chronic pulmonary aspergillosis cases annually, but US trends are unclear because of the lack of surveillance for the disease. Previous studies of\u00a0<em>Aspergillus<\/em>-associated infections in the United States have been limited to specific forms of the disease, inpatient populations, or high-risk groups, according to a team led by researchers from the University of California, Berkeley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cidrap.umn.edu\/fungal-infection\/us-study-shows-rising-prevalence-fungal-infection\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CIDRAP Analysis of a nationally representative sample of electronic health record (EHR) data shows aspergillosis diagnoses increased by more than 5% annually in the United States from 2013 through 2023, US researchers&nbsp;reported late last week&nbsp;in&nbsp;Open Forum Infectious Diseases. Aspergillosis is an infection caused by breathing in spores of&nbsp;Aspergillus,&nbsp;a common mold that\u2019s ubiquitous indoors and outdoors. 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