The prognostic factors of HIV-negative adult cryptococcal meningitis with a focus on cranial MRI-based neuroimaging findings

WC Tsai, CY Lien, JJ Lee, WC Lin, CW Hsu… - Journal of Clinical …, 2018 - Elsevier
The prognostic significance of clinical characteristics and neuroimaging features, especially
cranial magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-based neuroimaging features, in patients with …

[HTML][HTML] A correlation analysis between clinical manifestations, therapeutic strategies, and the prognosis of children with cryptococcal meningitis in China

H Yang, F Yin, T Xiao, S Gan, Z Pan, J Peng… - International journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Objective This aim of this study was to analyze the correlations between clinical
manifestations, treatment strategies, and the prognosis in cryptococcal meningitis (CM) in …

Analysis of risk factors for death of AIDS patients complicated with cryptococcus neoformans meningitis

H Lixue, L Sha, L Qian, T Xiaoyan, L Jieying… - Electronic Journal of …, 2022 - xfcrb2020.com
Objective To explore the risk factors of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)
complicated with cryptococcal meningitis (CNM) death, and combined exploring nursing …

Comparison and correlation of magnetic resonance imaging and clinical severity in nonhuman immunodeficiency virus patients with cryptococcal infection of central …

XQ Li, S Xia, JS Ji, YH Tang, MZ Zheng, YM Li… - Chinese Medical …, 2018 - mednexus.org
Background: The incidence of cryptococcal meningitis among immunocompetent patients
increases, especially in China and imaging plays an important role. The current study was to …

Serum cryptococcal antigen titre as a diagnostic tool and a predictor of mortality in HIV‐infected patients with cryptococcal meningitis

J Chen, R Zhang, Y Shen, L Liu, T Qi, Z Wang… - HIV …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives The aim was to determine the effectiveness of the serum cryptococcal antigen
(CrAg) test in the diagnosis of concurrent cryptococcal meningitis (CM) and as a predictor of …

Early clinical and microbiological predictors of outcome in hospitalized patients with cryptococcal meningitis

L de Oliveira, MSC Melhem, R Buccheri… - BMC infectious …, 2022 - Springer
Background Cryptococcal meningitis causes high mortality in immunocompromised and
immunocompetent patients. The objective of this study was to identify early predictors of …

Different characteristics of cryptococcal meningitis between HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected patients in the Southwest of China

Y Liu, M Kang, SY Wu, Y Ma, ZX Chen, Y Xie… - Medical …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Cryptococcus is the major pathogen that causes fungal meningitis. In the People's Republic
of China, especially in the Southwest area, cryptococcal meningitis (CM) in HIV-uninfected …

Unique clinical features of cryptococcal meningitis among Chinese patients without predisposing diseases against patients with predisposing diseases

L Xu, X Zhang, Y Guo, R Tao, X Dai, Z Yang… - Medical …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
The clinical features of cryptococcal meningitis (CM) in patients without predisposing
diseases (PD) remain unclear. In sum, 162 of the 167 patients without PD and 162 of the …

The clinical characteristics and therapeutic outcomes of cryptococcal meningitis in elderly patients: a hospital-based study

WC Tsai, CY Lien, JJ Lee, WC Hsiao, CR Huang… - BMC geriatrics, 2019 - Springer
Background The elderly, and especially those with an immuno-compromised status, are
vulnerable to infectious diseases. The purpose of this study was to examine the clinical …

Potential predictors and survival analysis of the relapse of HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis: a retrospective study

Y Li, Y Lu, J Nie, M Liu, J Yuan, Y Li, H Li… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Objective: We intend to investigate the relapse of HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis
(CM), assess potential predictors and conduct survival analysis, with a view to establishing a …