ReviewInfection2022
COVID-19-associated Cryptococcus infection (CACI): a review of literature and clinical pearls.
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- Funding for research on cryptococcal disease: an analysis based on the G-finder report.IMA fungus · 2024Article
- Description of Cryptococcosis Following SARS-CoV-2 Infection: A Disease Survey Through the Mycosis Study Group Education and Research Consortium (MSG-19).Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2024Article
- Antifungal Resistance in Cryptococcal Infections.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Pleiotropic roles of LAMMER kinase, Lkh1 in stress responses and virulence ofFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2024Article
- Case report: Experience and insights on the treatment of two cases of cryptococcal meningitis during the later stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.Frontiers in immunology · 2024Article
- Meningeal cryptococcosis and SARS-CoV-2 infection in people living with HIV/AIDS.Biomedica : revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud · 2023Article
- Fungal Infections in the ICU during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Mexico.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Cerebral Cryptococcosis Associated with CD4+ T-lymphocytopenia in Non-HIV Patients after SARS-CoV-2 Infection: Case Series in a Specialized Institute in Lima, Peru.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2023Article
- Post-COVID-19 Fungal Infection in the Aged Population.Vaccines · 2023Review
- Cerebrospinal fluid: a target of some fungi and an overview.Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz · 2023Article
- Characteristics and Outcomes of Cryptococcosis among Patients with and without COVID-19.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- COVID-19 Associated with Cryptococcosis: A New Challenge during the Pandemic.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- COVID-19 associated with cryptococcosis: a scoping review.Therapeutic advances in infectious diseaseArticle
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Abstract
backgroundCryptococcal infection has been increasingly reported in patients with COVID-19 infection, but the epidemiological factors, presentation, diagnostic certainty, and outcome have not been well-described.
methodsWe reviewed the published cases of COVID-19-associated Cryptococcus infections (CACI) to shed the light on the burden of this infection.
resultsWe identified 13 patients with confirmed cryptococcal infection. Cryptococcus infection was primarily seen in patients with severe COVID-19 disease who received corticosteroids therapy and admitted to the intensive care unit. Pulmonary CACI was the most common reported infection followed by cryptococcal meningitis.
conclusionIn light of the high mortality rate, clinicians should maintain a high clinical suspicion of CACI in critically ill patients.
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