Clinical Characteristics and Predictors of One-Year Mortality in HIV and Non-HIV Patients with Cryptococcal Infections in a Middle-Income Setting: A Multicenter Cohort Study
Aysun Benli, Atahan Çağatay, Berivan Şahin, Tuğba Arslan Gülen, Tuba Turunç, Emine Günal, Özlem Güler, Esra Kazak, Ferit Kuşcu, Ayça Aydın, Zeynep Karakaşoğlu, Neşe Saltoğlu, Süheyla Serin Senger, Hale Turan Özden, Buket Erturk Sengel, Recep Tekin, Oğuz Usta, Esra Gürbüz, Zehra Çağla Karakoç, Didem Akal Taşcıoğlu, İlkay Karaoğlan, Yasemin Tezer · 2026
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Aysun Benli and co-authors compare cryptococcal fungal infections in patients with and without HIV across several centers in a middle-income country, in 2026 work. Records covered adults diagnosed between 2013 and 2025 and followed for one year. The cohort held 92 patients with an average age in the mid-forties, just over half living with HIV, and nearly nine in ten with weakened immunity from some cause.
Infection of the central nervous system was the most common form, at about two thirds of cases. Overall, close to half the patients died within a year of diagnosis. Altered consciousness at presentation stood out as a strong independent predictor of death in the adjusted model, with further factors detailed in the full report. Splitting results by HIV status shaped the rest of the analysis. The authors call for earlier recognition of brain involvement in both groups.
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| CREATOR | Aysun Benli, Atahan Çağatay, Berivan Şahin, Tuğba Arslan Gülen, Tuba Turunç, Emine Günal, Özlem Güler, Esra Kazak, Ferit Kuşcu, Ayça Aydın, Zeynep Karakaşoğlu, Neşe Saltoğlu, Süheyla Serin Senger, Hale Turan Özden, Buket Erturk Sengel, Recep Tekin, Oğuz Usta, Esra Gürbüz, Zehra Çağla Karakoç, Didem Akal Taşcıoğlu, İlkay Karaoğlan, Yasemin Tezer |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 33943 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |