Author:
CHUANG Y.-M.,KU S. C.,LIAW S. J.,WU S. C.,HO Y. C.,YU C. J.,HSUEH P. R.
Abstract
SUMMARYA retrospective study of clinical characteristics, outcome and prognostic factors of patients with cryptococcosis was undertaken in intensive care units (ICUs) of a medical centre for the period 2000–2005. Twenty-six patients withCryptococcus neoformansvar.grubiiinfection were identified (16 males, median age 58 years). The most frequent underlying diseases were liver cirrhosis (38·5%), diabetes mellitus (26·9%) and HIV infection (19·2%). The most frequently identified sites of infection were blood (61·5%), cerebrospinal fluid (38·5%) and airways (34·6%). The mean Acute Physiologic and Chronic Health Evaluation II score at ICU admission was 22·46. The ICU mortality rate in these patients was 73·1% (19/26) and there were a further two mortalities recorded after discharge from ICU, reaching a total mortality rate of 80·8% (21/26). Patients with ICU survival >2 weeks had lower rates of HIV infection (P=0·004), less use of inotropic agents during ICU stay (P<0·001) and lower white blood cell counts (P=0·01). After adjusting for clinical variables in the multivariate Cox regression model, diabetes and cryptococcal infection after ICU admission were independent predictors of good long-term prognosis (P=0·015) and HIV infectious status was associated with poor outcome (P=0·012).
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Infectious Diseases,Epidemiology
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