Clinical characteristics and risk factors for mortality in cryptococcal meningitis: evidence from a cohort study

F Wang, Y Wang, J He, Z Cheng, S Wu… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Despite advances in the diagnosis and management, cryptococcal meningitis
(CM) is still associated with high mortality due to insufficient knowledge about clinical …

Comparison of clinical features in patients with persistent and nonpersistent cryptococcal meningitis: twelve years of clinical experience in four centers in China

XG Xu, WH Pan, XL Bi, W Fang, M Chen… - CNS neuroscience & …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Summary Background and Aims Cryptococcal meningitis (CM) has gradually increased in
the recent 20 years in the whole world. Although the mortality decreased significantly in …

Predictors of hospital discharge outcome from the presenting clinical characteristics and the first cerebrospinal fluid analysis among the patients with cryptococcal …

P Sathirapanya, N Ekpitakdamrong, S Chusri… - Clinical Neurology and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Objective Prognosticators of the outcome of patients with cryptococcal meningitis (CM) at
variable follow-up time has been reported. We aimed to identify prognosticators of an …

The clinical characteristics of adult cryptococcal meningitis patients who died within one year of treatment with a focus on those with early mortality

WC Tsai, CY Lien, JJ Lee, CR Huang, NW Tsai… - Journal of Clinical …, 2019 - Elsevier
Cryptococcal meningitis (CM) is a serious infectious disease of the central nervous system,
and associated brain injuries can be found in the very early stage of disease. In this study …

Three-year mortality in cryptococcal meningitis: Hyperglycemia predict unfavorable outcome

ST Tsai, FY Lin, PS Chen, HY Chiang, CC Kuo - PLoS One, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Existing evidence revealed grave prognosis for cryptococcal meningitis (CM), particularly its
short-term mortality. However, its long-term survival and prognostic factors remained …

Prediction of unfavorable outcomes in cryptococcal meningitis: results of the multicenter Infectious Diseases International Research Initiative (ID-IRI) cryptococcal …

IN Hakyemez, H Erdem, G Beraud, M Lurdes… - European journal of …, 2018 - Springer
Cryptococcal meningitis (CM) is mostly seen in immunocompromised patients, particularly
human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive patients, but CM may also occur in apparently …

A retrospective study of contributing factors for prognosis and survival length of cryptococcal meningoencephalitis in Southern part of China (1998–2013)

H Zheng, M Li, Y Luo, D Wang, J Yang, Q Chen… - BMC Infectious …, 2015 - Springer
Background Cryptococcal meningoencephalitis (CM) is the most common opportunistic
infection of the central nervous system (CNS). Despite this observation, there have only …

Impaired consciousness and decreased glucose concentration of CSF as prognostic factors in immunocompetent patients with cryptococcal meningitis

C Zhang, Z Tan, F Tian - BMC Infectious Diseases, 2020 - Springer
Background Cryptococcal meningitis (CM) is the most common fungal infection of the central
nervous system and has high morbidity and mortality. Almost studies about prognostic …

Cryptococcal meningitis in HIV-negative patients: a 12-year single-center experience in China

Y Huang, X Jin, F Wu, T Pan, X Wang, D Chen… - Journal of Clinical …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Objective: Cryptococcal meningitis (CM) is a not rare condition in HIV-negative patients.
Here, we describe the clinical characteristics, possible risk factors, and outcomes of HIV …

A retrospective research of HIV-negative cryptococcal meningoencephalitis patients with acute/subacute onset

H Zheng, Q Chen, Z Xie, D Wang, M Li, X Zhang… - European Journal of …, 2016 - Springer
Cryptococcal meningoencephalitis (CM) may present as an acute, subacute, or chronic
infection. It manifests as a chronic process in over 75% of cases, but, sometimes, it presents …