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. 2016 Mar;22(3):370–378. doi: 10.3201/eid2203.151117

Table 1. Antifungal drug treatments, hospitalizations, and deaths resulting from histoplasmosis outbreaks, by decade, United States, 1938–2013*.

Decade No. (%) patients
Treated Hospitalized Died
1938–1949
0
57 (64.8)
1 (1.7)
1950–1959
7 (21.9)
28 (37.3)
4 (3.3)
1960–1969
7 (6.5)
24 (48.0)
5 (2.9)
1970–1979
50 (5.5)
17 (3.7)
15 (1.8)
1980–1989
10 (4.5)
72 (27.5)
0 (0.0)
1990–1999 14 (20.6) 38 (22.1) 0 (0.0)
2000–2013
32 (6.8)
29 (4.1)
0 (0.0)
Total 120 (6.7) 265 (14.7) 25 (1.1)

*Percentages are of reported cases. Number and percent of cases from outbreaks were included when information was available.

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