Current epidemiology and clinical features of Cryptococcus infection in patients without HIV infection: a multicentre study in 46 hospitals from Australia and New Zealand.
Julien CoussementChristopher H HeathMatthew B RobertsRebekah J LaneTim SpelmanOlivia C SmibertAnthony LonghitanoOrla MorrisseyBlake NieldMonica TripathyJoshua S DavisKarina J KennedySarah A LynarLucy C CrawfordSimeon J CrawfordBenjamin J SmithAndrew P Gador-WhyteRose HaywoodAndrew A MahonyJulia C HowardGenevieve B WallsGabrielle M O'KaneMatthew T BroomCaitlin L KeighleyOlivia Bupha-IntrLouise CooleyJennifer A O'HernJustin D JacksonArthur J MorrisCaroline BartoloAdrian R TramontanaKatherine C GrimwadeVictor Au YeungRoy CheanEmily WoolnoughBenjamin W TehSharon C-A ChenMonica A Slavinnull nullPublished in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2023)
The present study revealed 90% of cryptococcosis cases occurred in patients without HIV (89% and 94% for C. neoformans and C. gattii cases, respectively). Emerging patient risk groups were evident. A high level of awareness is warranted to diagnose cryptococcosis in patients without HIV.