Cannabis Use and Fungal Infections in a Commercially Insured Population, United States, 2016

Cannabis Use and Fungal Infections in a Commercially Insured Population, United States, 2016

Case reports have identified invasive fungal diseases in persons who use cannabis, and fungal contamination of cannabis has been described. In a large health insurance claims database, persons who used cannabis were 3.5 (95% CI 2.6–4.8) times more likely than persons who did not use cannabis to have...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kaitlin Benedict, George R. Thompson, Brendan R. Jackson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020-06-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
cannabis
cannabis use
aspergillosis
blastomycosis
coccidioidomycosis
cryptococcosis
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/6/19-1570_article
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Summary:Case reports have identified invasive fungal diseases in persons who use cannabis, and fungal contamination of cannabis has been described. In a large health insurance claims database, persons who used cannabis were 3.5 (95% CI 2.6–4.8) times more likely than persons who did not use cannabis to have a fungal infection in 2016.
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059

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