Analysis of the relationship between drug susceptibility of Cryptococcus neoformans isolates and mortality in HIV-negative cryptococcal meningitis

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OBJECTIVES: The relationship between antifungal susceptibility and mortality of cryptococcal meningitis (CM) in HIV-negative patients is poorly understood.

METHODS: We conducted a retrospective analysis of 1-year follow-up of 200 HIV-negative CM patients with an initial cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) culture for Cryptococcus neoformans. According to the cut-off values of minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC), two groups of five antifungal agents were classified: amphotericin B (AmB), ≤0.5 µg/mL, >0.5 µg/mL; 5-flucytosine (5-FC), ≤4 µg/mL, >4 µg/mL; fluconazole (FLU), ≤4 µg/mL, >4 µg/mL; itraconazole (ITR), ≤0.125 µg/mL, >0.125 µg/mL; and voriconazole (VOR), <0.25 µg/mL, ≥0.25 µg/mL. Comparisons were performed to analyse clinical features, laboratory, modified Rankin Scale (mRS) scores, and CSF findings under different prognosis outcomes in 1-year.

RESULTS: All of Cryptococcus neoformans isolates were sensitive to AmB and VOR, most of them were sensitive to 5-FC and FLU (95.5% and 90.5%, respectively) while only 55.0% of them were susceptible to ITR. Minimum inhibitory concentrations of ITR and VOR were significantly related to baseline mRS scores. All-cause mortality was not significantly related to MICs in Cryptococcus neoformans strains. The combination of actual antifungal agents and two groups of the MICs values for antifungal agents had no significant effects on all-cause mortality.

CONCLUSION: Most Cryptococcus neoformans isolates were sensitive to AmB, VOR, 5-FC, and FLU. Because of the small number of deaths, we are not able to comment on whether MIC is associated with mortality of CM in HIV-negative patients.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:36

Enthalten in:

Journal of global antimicrobial resistance - 36(2024) vom: 27. März, Seite 167-174

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Su, Zhihui [VerfasserIn]
Wei, Hang [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Jia [VerfasserIn]
Li, Chongwen [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Zirong [VerfasserIn]
Yuan, Dasen [VerfasserIn]
Dai, Kai [VerfasserIn]
Peng, Fuhua [VerfasserIn]
Jiang, Ying [VerfasserIn]

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304NUG5GF4
7XU7A7DROE
8VZV102JFY
All-cause mortality
Amphotericin B
Antifungal Agents
Cryptococcal meningitis
D83282DT06
Drug susceptibility
Fluconazole
Flucytosine
HIV-negative
Itraconazole
JFU09I87TR
Journal Article
Minimum inhibitory concentration
Voriconazole

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Date Completed 25.03.2024

Date Revised 25.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jgar.2023.12.009

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NLM366326139