Prior Pulmonary Tuberculosis Is a Risk Factor for Asymptomatic Cryptococcal Antigenemia in a Cohort of Adults With Advanced Human Immunodeficiency Virus Disease.
Rachel M Wake ;
Nazir A Ismail;
Shaheed V Omar;
Farzana Ismail;
Caroline T Tiemessen;
Thomas S Harrison;
Joseph N Jarvis ;
Nelesh P Govender;
(2022)
Prior Pulmonary Tuberculosis Is a Risk Factor for Asymptomatic Cryptococcal Antigenemia in a Cohort of Adults With Advanced Human Immunodeficiency Virus Disease.
Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 9 (7).
ofac202-.
ISSN 2328-8957
DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofac202
The greater mortality risk among people with advanced human immunodeficiency virus disease and cryptococcal antigenemia, despite treatment, indicates an increased susceptibility to other infections. We found that prior tuberculosis was an independent risk factor for cryptococcal antigenemia (adjusted odds ratio, 2.72; 95% confidence interval, 1.13-6.52; P = .03) among patients with CD4 counts <100 cells/µL.
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ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3193-4888
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1459-5554