Olivier Paccoud, Marie Desnos-Ollivier, Florence Persat, Magalie Demar, Karine Boukris-Sitbon, Anne-Pauline Bellanger, Julie Bonhomme, Christine Bonnal, Françoise Botterel, Marie-Elisabeth Bougnoux, Sophie Brun, Sophie Cassaing, Estelle Cateau, Taieb Chouaki, Muriel Cornet, Eric Dannaoui, Nicole Desbois-Nogard, Marie-Fleur Durieux, Loïc Favennec, Arnaud Fekkar, Frederic Gabriel, Jean-Pierre Gangneux, Juliette Guitard, Lilia Hasseine, Antoine Huguenin, Solène Le Gal, Valérie Letscher-Bru, Caroline Mahinc, Florent Morio, Muriel Nicolas, Philippe Poirier, Stéphane Ranque, Gabrielle Roosen, Célia Rouges, Anne-Laure Roux, Milène Sasso, Alexandre Alanio, Olivier Lortholary, Fanny Lanternier
OBJECTIVES: We aimed to describe features and outcomes of cryptococcosis among HIV-seronegative individuals in a large surveillance network for cryptococcosis in France. METHODS: We included incident cases of cryptococcosis in HIV-seronegative individuals from 2005 to 2020. We compared patient characteristics, disease presentations, cryptococcal antigen (CrAg) results, and induction antifungal treatments according to underlying disease. We examined factors associated with 90-day mortality...
March 29, 2024: Clinical Microbiology and Infection