… cryptococcal meningitis. We built a logistic regression model for risk factors associated with
cryptococcal meningitis… culture, positive serum cryptococcal antigen, current malignancy, and …

… A total of 101 patients with cryptococcal meningitis (266 controls) and 47 patients with
cryptococcemia (188 controls), of whom 32 patients had both cryptococcal meningitis and …

… Among the cases, a cryptococcal antigen was positive in more … factors did not affect the risk
of cryptococcal meningitis in an inner … risk of cryptococcal meningitis in HIV-infected patients. …

… HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis is by far the most common cause of adult meningitis
… In most areas in Sub-Saharan Africa, the incidence of cryptococcal meningitis is not …

… factors and outcome Prior to the HIV epidemic, factors predicting a poor outcome in cryptococcal
meningitis … organism burden (Indian ink positivity or cryptococcal antigen titre), poor host …

… cryptococcal meningitis (CM) is still associated with high mortality due to insufficient knowledge
about clinical characteristics and risk factors … and factors associated with increased risk of …

… Despite pre-emptive antifungal therapy, cryptococcal antigenaemia remains a risk factor for
death in patients with AHD. In prospective studies using pre-emptive fluconazole treatment, …

… in HIV-negative patients without classical risk factors, especially with C. gattii, is increasingly
recognized (Harris et al, 2013). The mechanisms of infection in this predominantly male …

… factors of cryptococcal meningitis in North America, and specifically in the Mountain West
Region. This study confirmed previously recognised common risk factors for cryptococcosis: …

… Worldwide distribution of the pathogen is outlined, incidence trends in patients with varying
risk factors are assessed, and the prognostic implications of differing treatment protocols are …