Table 1.
Molds Recovered From Cultures at the MDACC Microbiology Laboratory and Pathogens Associated With cIMI Cases in the 12-Month Periods Before and After Hurricane Harvey
| Pre-Harvey | Post-Harvey | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive Cultures | cIMI Cases | Positive Cultures | cIMI Cases | |||||
| No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
| Aspergillus | 65 | 35 | 21 | 62 | 81 | 42 | 29 | 67 |
| Aspergillus + Fusarium | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Fusarium | 21 | 11 | 7 | 21 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 21 |
| Rhizopus | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| Rhizomucor | 1 | <1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Syncephalastrum | 1 | <1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | <1 | 1 | 2 |
| Conidiobolus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | <1 | 1 | 2 |
| Lomentospora | 11 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coccidioides | 1 | <1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | <1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dermatophytes | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Penicillium | 24 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Other molds | 37a | 20 | 0 | 0 | 36b | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| Unidentified (eg, sterile hyphae) | 22 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 188 | 100 | 34 | 100 | 195 | 100 | 43 | 100 |
Abbreviations: cIMI, culture-positive invasive mold infection; MDACC, MD Anderson Cancer Center.
aOne Bipolaris, 1 Chaetomium, 1 Chrysosporium, 2 Cladosporium, 7 Curvularia, 2 Setosphaeria, 2 Fonsecaea, 2 Geotrichum, 1 Hormographiella, 7 Malbranchea, 1 Nigrospora, 4 Paecilomyces, 1 Phialemonium, 1 Scopulariopsis, 1 Stemphylium, 3 Trichoderma.
bTwo Bipolaris, 1 Chrysosporium, 1 Cladosporium, 7 Curvularia, 1 Epicoccum, 1 Exserohilum, 3 Geotrichum, 1 Geotrichum + Malbranchea, 4 Malbranchea, 2 Nigrospora, 7 Paecilomyces, 1 Phaeoacremonium, 4 Scopulariopsis, 1 Verticillium.