Clinical and microbiological characteristics of cryptococcosis at an university hospital in China from 2013 to 2017

ConclusionsMost of the patients with cryptococcosis were not HIV-infected in this study, while patients with HIV had a higher mortality. Reduced susceptibility to fluconazole was observed among C. neoformans isolates, most of them belonged to ST5 genotype VNI having an impact on the effective dose of fluconazole.
Source: The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research