TABLE 1.
Changes in rates of mycoses among total autopsy cases and of causative agents of mycoses from 1969 to 1994 in Japan
| Yr | Total no. of autopsies | Total no. of mycoses | % of mycoses among total autopsies | % of cases among total
mycoses (% of cases among total autopsies)
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candida | Aspergillus | Cryptococcus | Zygomycetes | Other | Unknowna | Complicatedb | ||||
| 1969 | 24,715 | 396 | 1.60 | 25.8 (0.41) | 24.5 (0.39) | 8.8 (0.14) | 0.8 (0.01) | 0.3 (0.00) | 37.6 (0.60) | 2.3 (0.04) |
| 1970 | 23,599 | 407 | 1.72 | 27.0 (0.47) | 21.1 (0.36) | 9.6 (0.17) | 4.7 (0.08) | 0.5 (0.01) | 34.6 (0.60) | 2.5 (0.04) |
| 1971 | 23,245 | 433 | 1.86 | 28.9 (0.54) | 24.7 (0.46) | 9.9 (0.18) | 3.7 (0.07) | 0.2 (0.00) | 28.9 (0.54) | 3.7 (0.07) |
| 1972 | 22,769 | 379 | 1.66 | 38.8 (0.65) | 31.7 (0.53) | 14.0 (0.23) | 2.9 (0.05) | 0.0 (0.00) | 7.7 (0.13) | 5.0 (0.08) |
| 1973 | 23,274 | 466 | 2.00 | 37.8 (0.76) | 23.4 (0.47) | 12.7 (0.25) | 1.3 (0.03) | 0.0 (0.00) | 21.7 (0.43) | 3.2 (0.06) |
| 1974 | 23,111 | 531 | 2.30 | 35.4 (0.81) | 22.6 (0.52) | 8.5 (0.19) | 1.9 (0.04) | 0.2 (0.00) | 27.9 (0.64) | 3.6 (0.08) |
| 1975 | 23,048 | 620 | 2.69 | 34.5 (0.93) | 17.3 (0.46) | 8.1 (0.22) | 2.9 (0.08) | 0.0 (0.00) | 34.5 (0.93) | 2.7 (0.07) |
| 1976 | 24,093 | 621 | 2.58 | 43.0 (1.11) | 21.4 (0.55) | 9.5 (0.24) | 2.3 (0.06) | 1.1 (0.03) | 18.4 (0.47) | 4.3 (0.11) |
| 1977 | 25,897 | 664 | 2.56 | 37.5 (0.96) | 22.6 (0.58) | 6.9 (0.18) | 3.5 (0.09) | 0.2 (0.00) | 25.3 (0.65) | 4.1 (0.10) |
| 1978 | 30,742 | 813 | 2.64 | 43.1 (1.14) | 23.2 (0.61) | 8.2 (0.22) | 3.3 (0.09) | 1.8 (0.05) | 16.9 (0.45) | 3.4 (0.09) |
| 1979 | 32,844 | 861 | 2.62 | 35.4 (0.93) | 21.7 (0.57) | 9.1 (0.24) | 3.0 (0.08) | 0.0 (0.00) | 25.9 (0.68) | 4.9 (0.13) |
| 1980 | 35,943 | 970 | 2.70 | 49.2 (1.33) | 20.7 (0.56) | 7.3 (0.20) | 3.2 (0.09) | 0.0 (0.00) | 15.1 (0.41) | 4.5 (0.12) |
| 1981 | 38,841 | 1,096 | 2.82 | 42.0 (1.18) | 26.0 (0.73) | 7.4 (0.21) | 3.8 (0.11) | 0.1 (0.00) | 15.0 (0.42) | 5.7 (0.16) |
| 1985 | 39,333 | 1,558 | 3.96 | 41.6 (1.65) | 30.7 (1.22) | 6.5 (0.26) | 3.6 (0.14) | 0.8 (0.03) | 11.0 (0.44) | 5.7 (0.23) |
| 1989 | 37,557 | 1,672 | 4.45 | 42.3 (1.89) | 30.1 (1.34) | 5.4 (0.24) | 3.6 (0.16) | 0.2 (0.01) | 13.0 (0.58) | 5.1 (0.23) |
| 1990 | 37,399 | 1,743 | 4.66 | 33.6 (1.57) | 33.2 (1.55) | 4.8 (0.22) | 3.5 (0.16) | 0.1 (0.00) | 20.7 (0.96) | 4.1 (0.19) |
| 1991 | 35,618 | 1,350 | 3.79 | 33.7 (1.28) | 34.7 (1.32) | 4.7 (0.18) | 3.6 (0.13) | 0.0 (0.00) | 19.2 (0.73) | 4.1 (0.16) |
| 1992 | 33,201 | 1,177 | 3.55 | 36.3 (1.29) | 37.3 (1.32) | 5.4 (0.19) | 4.2 (0.15) | 0.0 (0.00) | 12.3 (0.44) | 4.4 (0.16) |
| 1993 | 31,207 | 1,136 | 3.66 | 37.2 (1.36) | 36.5 (1.34) | 4.5 (0.16) | 3.4 (0.12) | 0.3 (0.01) | 14.5 (0.53) | 3.5 (0.13) |
| 1994 | 27,827 | 882 | 3.17 | 35.5 (1.12) | 40.7 (1.29) | 6.1 (0.19) | 3.2 (0.10) | 0.1 (0.00) | 10.4 (0.33) | 4.0 (0.13) |
a
An unidentified fungus was observed in the infected organ.
b
Mixed infection with more than two kinds of fungi in the infected organ.