Table 1. Characteristics of microbiology laboratory–confirmed blastomycosis, histoplasmosis, and coccidioidomycosis cases reported in Ontario, Canada, 1990–2015.
| Characteristic | No. (%) cases* |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Blastomycosis, n = 1,092 | Histoplasmosis, n = 211 | Coccidioidomycosis, n = 89 | |
| Patient sex | n = 963 | n = 180 | n = 80 |
| M | 627 (65.1) | 144 (80.0) | 48 (60.0) |
| F |
336 (34.9) |
36 (20.0) |
32 (40.0) |
| Patient age, y | n = 973 | n = 158 | n = 71 |
| <19 | 126 (12.9) | 2 (1.3) | 0 |
| 20–29 | 119 (12.2) | 11 (6.7) | 1 (1.4) |
| 30–39 | 167 (17.2) | 28 (17.7) | 7 (9.9) |
| 40–49 | 201 (20.7) | 32 (20.3) | 7 (9.9) |
| 50–59 | 175 (18.0) | 47 (29.7) | 22 (31.0) |
| 60–69 | 90 (9.2) | 22 (13.9) | 21 (29.6) |
| >70 |
95 (9.8) |
16 (10.1) |
13 (19.7) |
| Source of specimen isolation | n = 895 | n = 202 | n = 81 |
| Respiratory | 754 (84.2) | 91 (45.0) | 65 (80.2) |
| Skin, wound, subcutaneous tissue | 77 (8.6) | 14 (6.9) | 5 (6.2) |
| Mucous membrane† | 6 (0.67) | 3 (1.5) | 0 |
| Bone, joint | 14 (1.6) | 2 (0.99) | 3 (3.7) |
| Genitourinary | 1 (0.11) | 0 | 0 |
| Gastrointestinal | 2 (0.22) | 7 (3.5) | 0 |
| CNS | 6 (0.67) | 7 (3.5) | 0 |
| Other‡ | 10 (1.1) | 46 (22.8) | 3 (3.7) |
| Multiple§ | 25 (2.8) | 32 (15.8) | 5 (6.2) |
*Counts for blastomycosis are from 1995–2015 and for histoplasmosis and coccidioidomycosis from 1990–2015 data. We omitted cases for which age, sex, or source of specimen isolation were unknown from the calculations. n values by each category are also provided. †Specimen types included ocular fluid, oral biopsy (tongue), nasal swab, and nasal biopsy. ‡Specimen types included bone marrow, lymph node tissue, blood, parathyroid gland tissue, and adrenal gland tissue and fluid. §Specimens from >2 noncontiguous body sites received <6 months apart.