Cryptococcosis by Cryptococcus neoformans/Cryptococcus gattii Species Complexes in non-HIV-Infected Patients in Southeastern Brazil.
Erika NascimentoPatrícia Helena Grizante BariãoMarcia Regina von Zeska KressFernando Crivelenti VilarRodrigo de Carvalho SantanaGilberto Gambero GasparRoberto MartinezPublished in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (2021)
Diabetes mellitus, other chronic non-infectious diseases, and alcoholism were likely predisposing factors for infection by both CN and CG species. Immunocompetent patients, independent of the infecting Cryptococcus species complexes, showed a higher occurrence of meningitis and a trend toward less fungal dissemination and longer survival than immunosuppressed hosts.
Keyphrases
- hiv infected patients
- infectious diseases
- end stage renal disease
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- ejection fraction
- antiretroviral therapy
- risk assessment
- genetic diversity
- squamous cell carcinoma
- lymph node metastasis
- metabolic syndrome
- type diabetes
- patient reported outcomes
- cerebrospinal fluid
- patient reported
- cell wall