Cryptococcus neoformans Infections Differ Among Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)-Seropositive and HIV-Seronegative Individuals: Results From a Nationwide Surveillance Program in France.
Olivier PaccoudMarie Desnos-OllivierSophie CassaingKarine Boukris-SitbonAlexandre AlanioAnne-Pauline BellangeChristine BonnalJulie BonhommeFrançoise BotterelMarie-Elisabeth BougnouxSophie BrunTaieb ChouakiMuriel CornetEric DannaouiMagalie DemarNicole Desbois-NogardMarie-Fleur DurieuxLoïc FavennecArnaud FekkarFrederic GabrielJean-Pierre GangneuxJuliette GuitardLilia HasseineAntoine HugueninSolène Le GalValérie Letscher-BruCaroline MahincFlorent MorioMuriel NicolasCélia RougesEstelle CateauFlorence PersatPhilippe PoirierStéphane RanqueGabrielle RoosenAnne-Laure RouxMilène SassoOlivier LortholaryFanny Lanterniernull nullPublished in: Open forum infectious diseases (2023)
Among 1107 cryptococcosis cases from the French surveillance network (2005-2020), the proportion of HIV-seronegative individuals has recently surpassed that of HIV-seropositive individuals. We observed marked differences in patient characteristics, disease presentations, cryptococcal antigen results, infecting species, and mortality according to HIV serostatus.