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

Emerg Infect Dis. 2020 Jun;26(6):1308-1310. doi: 10.3201/eid2606.191570.

Abstract

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.

Keywords: United States; aspergillosis; blastomycosis; cannabis; cannabis use; coccidioidomycosis; commercially insured population; cryptococcosis; fungal infections; fungi; health insurance; histoplasmosis; mucormycosis.

MeSH terms

  • Actinomycosis*
  • Aspergillosis* / epidemiology
  • Blastomycosis*
  • Cannabis*
  • Coccidioidomycosis*
  • Cryptococcosis*
  • Histoplasmosis*
  • Humans
  • Lung Diseases, Fungal*
  • Mycoses* / epidemiology
  • Nocardia Infections*
  • United States / epidemiology