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Comparative Epidemiology and Outcomes of Human Immunodeficiency virus (HIV), Non-HIV Non-transplant, and Solid Organ Transplant Associated Cryptococcosis: A Population-Based Study

2017; Oxford University Press; Volume: 66; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1093/cid/cix867

ISSN

1537-6591

Autores

Ige George, Andrej Spec, William G. Powderly, Carlos Santos,

Tópico(s)

Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research

Resumo

In this population-based study in the contemporary era in the United States, the proportion of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-negative patients with cryptococcosis approaches that in HIV-infected patients. Cryptococcosis is associated with higher mortality rates in HIV-negative patients (including organ transplant recipients).

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