Table 1.
Estimate of Serious Fungal Infections in Ghana.
| No Underlying Disease | HIV/AIDS | Respiratory Disease | Cancer + Immunocompromised | Critical Care + Surgery | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Serious Fungal Infection | Totals | Rate/100,000 | |||||
| Cryptococcal meningitis | - | 6275 | - | - | - | 6275 | 21.7 |
| Pneumocystis pneumonia | - | 12,610 | - | - | - | 12,610 | 43.6 |
| Disseminated histoplasmosis | - | 724 | - | - | - | 724 | 2.5 |
| Invasive aspergillosis | - | 977 | 210 | 67 | - | 1254 | 4.4 |
| Mucormycosis | 58 | - | - | - | - | 58 | 0.2 |
| Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis | - | - | 12,620 | - | - | 12,620 | 44 |
| Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) | - | - | 18,385 | - | - | 18,385 | 64 |
| Severe asthma with fungal sensitization (SAFS) | - | - | 24,268 | - | - | 24,268 | 84 |
| Candidemia | - | - | - | 1013 | 433 | 1446 | 5.0 |
| Candida peritonitis | - | - | - | - | 217 | 217 | 0.8 |
| Oral candidiasis | - | 17,100 | - | - | - | 17,100 | 59 |
| Esophageal candidiasis | - | 10,000 | - | - | - | 10,000 | 35 |
| Recurrent Candida vaginitis (RVVC) | 442,621 | - | - | - | - | 442,621 | 1530 |
| Fungal keratitis | 810 | - | - | - | - | 810 | 2.8 |
| Tinea capitis | 598,840 | - | - | - | - | 598,840 | 2070 |
| Total serious fungal infection burden | 1,147,228 |