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This novel study captures data from across the United States using a multi-institutional dataset derived from electronic health record data and is the largest study to date evaluating mortality associated with fungal infections in burn injury. Inclusion criteria identified all patients with burn injury from 2002 to 2024; IFI was defined as a diagnosis of fungal mycosis with systemic antifungal treatment which was compared to a control cohort of burn patients without mycoses or antifungal treatment. The cohorts were then propensity-matched for gender, age, and percent total body surface area (%TBSA). The unmatched fungal infection cohort contained 3325 patients while the control cohort contained 50\u00a05421. After propensity matching, the 1-year mortality rate for all burn patients with fungal infection was 18.5% compared to 1.9% in controls (risk ratio: 9.8, 95% confidence interval,\u00a07.2-13.2; P\u2005&amp;lt;\u2005.0001). Additionally, when stratified by %TBSA there was a stepwise increase in mortality: 21.6% for &amp;lt;10% TBSA (P\u2005&amp;lt;\u2005.0001), 29.0% for 10%-49% TBSA (P\u2005&amp;lt;\u2005.0001), and 33.1% for &amp;gt;50% TBSA (P\u2005=\u2005.2). The 3 most common and deadly infections among all burn patients were Aspergillus, invasive Candida, and unspecified mycoses. In all burns, fungal infection was associated with a nearly 10-fold increase in mortality. An incremental increase is noted when stratified by %TBSA and even &amp;lt;10% TBSA burns have an over 20% risk of mortality.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1093\/jbcr\/iraf047","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,5,10]],"date-time":"2025-05-10T08:56:58Z","timestamp":1746867418000},"page":"940-946","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":9,"title":["Invasive Fungal Infection Increases Mortality Risk After Burn Injury"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"46","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5465-0899","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Allison B","family":"Frederick","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina , Charleston, SC ,","place":["United States"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Savannah H","family":"Skidmore","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina , Charleston, SC ,","place":["United 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