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Comparative Study
. 2018 Feb 1;66(4):608-611.
doi: 10.1093/cid/cix867.

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

Ige A George  1 , Andrej Spec  1 , William G Powderly  1 , Carlos A Q Santos  1
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Comparative Study

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

Ige A George et al. Clin Infect Dis. .

Abstract

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).

Keywords: Comparative epidemiology; crypto- coccosis; outcomes.

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Kaplan-Meier survival curves for 3728 patients with cryptococcal disease stratified based on the presence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, non–HIV-infected nontransplant status, and solid organ transplant.
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