ArticleFrontiers in neurology2022
Short-term and long-term outcomes in patients with cryptococcal meningitis after ventriculoperitoneal shunt placement.
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- Case Report: combined surgical and pharmacological management of basal ganglia cryptococcal meningoencephalitis.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Complex Decisions in HIV-Related Cryptococcosis: Addressing Second Episodes of Cryptococcal Meningitis.Current HIV/AIDS reports · 2024Review
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- Case report: A diabetic patient with cryptococcal meningoencephalitis complicated by post-infectious inflammatory response syndrome.Frontiers in immunology · 2024Article
- Ventriculoperitoneal shunt for tuberculous meningitis-associated hydrocephalus: long-term outcomes and complications.BMC infectious diseases · 2023Article
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Abstract
Objective: The purpose of this study was to assess the short-term and long-term outcomes of ventriculoperitoneal shunt (VPS) placement in patients with cryptococcal meningitis (CM). Methods: We performed a retrospective analysis of all patients with CM admitted to the Peking Union Medical College Hospital from September 1990 to January 2021. We collected related clinical features to analyze the short- and long-term outcomes of VPS at 1 month and 1 year at least the following therapy, respectively. Overall survival (OS) was compared with all patients and a subgroup of critically ill cases by the Kaplan-Meier method with the log-rank test. Univariable and multivariable analyses were also performed using the Cox proportional hazard model to identify statistically significant prognostic factors. Results: We enrolled 98 patients, fifteen of whom underwent VPS. Those who received VPS had a lower cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) Cryptococcus burden (1:1 vs. 1:16; Conclusion: A VPS could reduce the intracranial pressure (ICP), decrease the counts of
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