Cannabis Use and Fungal Infections in a Commercially Insured Population, United States, 2016

Benedict, Kaitlin; Thompson, George R.; Jackson, Brendan R.

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Cannabis Use and Fungal Infections in a Commercially Insured Population, United States, 2016

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Jun 2020
By Benedict, Kaitlin ; Thompson, George R. ; Jackson, Brendan R.

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Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:

Benedict, Kaitlin ; Thompson, George R. ; Jackson, Brendan R.
Description:

Case reports have identified invasive fungal diseases in persons who use cannabis, and fungal contamination of cannabis has been described. In a large health insurance claims database, persons who used cannabis were 3.5 (95% CI 2.6-4.8) times more likely than persons who did not use cannabis to have a fungal infection in 2016.
Subjects:

Actinomycosis Aspergillosis Blastomycosis Cannabis Coccidioidomycosis Cryptococcosis Histoplasmosis Humans Lung Diseases, Fungal Mycoses Nocardia Infections
Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 26(6):1308-1310
Pubmed ID:

32441624
Pubmed Central ID:

PMC7258471
Document Type:

Journal Article
Place as Subject:

United States
Location:

North America
Volume:

26
Issue:

6
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
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urn:sha256:6fba471f0bd9bc7e121245655ed6b26719b3a07080ce9c5aca799b7598614044
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