Epidemiology of Cryptococcosis and Cryptococcal Meningitis in a Large Retrospective Cohort of Patients After Solid Organ Transplantation | Zendy

Ige George | Zendy; Carlos Santos | Zendy; Margaret A. Olsen | Zendy; William G. Powderly | Zendy

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Epidemiology of Cryptococcosis and Cryptococcal Meningitis in a Large Retrospective Cohort of Patients After Solid Organ Transplantation

Author(s) -

Ige George,

Carlos Santos,

Margaret A. Olsen,

William G. Powderly

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

open forum infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546

H-Index - 35

ISSN - 2328-8957

DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofx004

Subject(s) - medicine , cryptococcosis , hazard ratio , incidence (geometry) , transplantation , cohort , meningitis , cryptococcus , epidemiology , cryptococcus gattii , confidence interval , pediatrics , immunology , physics , microbiology and biotechnology , optics , biology

Cryptococcosis is rare after SOT, but it is associated with significantly increased risk of death. Lung transplant recipients are at highest risk for cryptococcosis among SOTs. Nonkidney transplants have earlier onset of cryptococcosis and higher risk of death compared with kidney transplant recipients.

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