High-level ambient particulate matter before influenza attack with increased incidence of Aspergillus antigenemia in Southern Taiwan, 2016

oleh: Wen-Liang Yu, Wei-Lun Liu, Khee-Siang Chan, Chun-Chieh Yang, Che-Kim Tan, Chi-Lun Tsai, Chin-Ming Chen, Yin-Ching Chuang

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Elsevier 2018-02-01

Deskripsi

We found significant correlation between the incidence of severe influenza and Aspergillus antigenemia among medical intensive care unit patients for 7-month observation (coefficient γ=0.976, p<0.001). High-level ambient pollution was noticed for 2 months before the epidemic, highlighting that influenza patients might coinfect with aspergillosis in the community.