Meningeal cryptococcosis and SARS-CoV-2 infection in people living with HIV/AIDS

CONCLUSIONS: No statistically significant differences were observed between the two groups (A and B) considering: intracranial hypertension, presence of Cryptococcus antigens in cerebrospinal fluid, sensorium deterioration or mortality. The detection of Cryptococcus antigens in serum by lateral flow assay was highly effective to rapidly diagnose cryptococcosis in patients with HIV/AIDS who also developed COVID-19. Patients of both groups consulted for cryptoccocosis sometime after, in comparison with the pre-pandemic cases related to this infection.PMID:37721913 | PMC:PMC10586798 | DOI:10.7705/biomedica.6872

Source: Biomedica : Revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud - September 18, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Fernando Antonio Messina Andr és Benchetrit Andrea Bocassi Mar ía de Las Mercedes Romero Sof ía Bauer Emmanuel Mar ín Facundo Bertera Guillermo Onis Mat ías Enzenhofer Milagro S ánchez Lilia Mammana Dana Mijalovsky Gabriela Santiso Source Type: research