ArticleOpen forum infectious diseases2020
Postoperative Antifungal Treatment of Pulmonary Cryptococcosis in Non-HIV-Infected and Non-Transplant-Recipient Patients: A Report of 110 Cases and Literature Review.
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- Effectiveness of voriconazole therapy for pulmonary cryptococcosis in fluconazole treatment failure: a multicenter real-world study.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Article
- A multicenter prospective clinical cohort study of pulmonary cryptococcosis in adult non-HIV-infected patients in a southeastern province of China.Respiratory research · 2025Article
- Pulmonary cryptococcosis in the setting of immunosuppression by methylprednisolone monotherapy for oral pemphigus: a case report and literature review.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Comparison of different therapeutic approaches for pulmonary cryptococcosis in kidney transplant recipients: a 15-year retrospective analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2023Article
- Follow-Up of Surgical or Nonsurgical Patients with Pulmonary Cryptococcosis: A Real-World Study.Infection and drug resistance · 2022Article
- Update on Pulmonary Cryptococcosis.Mycopathologia · 2021Review
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Abstract
backgroundTo explore the efficacy of postoperative antifungal treatment for preventing the recurrence of pulmonary cryptococcosis (PC) and occurrence of cryptococcal meningitis (CM), a retrospective study was conducted in 112 hospitalized PC patients with or without antifungal treatment following surgery.
methodsThe treatment failure rate, PC recurrence rate, and CM incidence were compared. Additionally, the effectiveness of postoperative antifungal therapy was assessed by gathering and analyzing the published literature.
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conclusionsThis study did not show any difference in the PC recurrence rate or failure rate in the different treatment duration groups. Thus, a shorter antifungal treatment course of 2 months may be an optional treatment. In addition, upon review of the literature, no case of CM occurrence was reported among the 169 cases given postoperative antifungal treatment.
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