Epidemiology of cryptococcal meningitis in the US: 1997–2009

Pyrgos, Vasilios; Seitz, Amy E.; Steiner, Claudia A.; Prevots, D. Rebecca; Williamson, Peter R.

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0056269

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Epidemiology of cryptococcal meningitis in the US: 1997–2009

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Pyrgos, Vasilios, Seitz, Amy E., Steiner, Claudia A., Prevots, D. Rebecca, Williamson, Peter R.·2013·PLoS ONE

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Cryptococcal meningitis (CM) causes significant morbidity and mortality globally; however, recent national trends have not been described. Incidence and trends for CM-associated hospitalizations in 18 states were estimated using the Agency for Healthcare and Research Quality (AHRQ) State Inpatient Databases (SID) datasets for 1997 through 2009. We identified 30,840 hospitalizations coded for CM, of which 21.6% were among HIV-uninfected patients. CM in-hospital mortality was significant (12.4% for women and 10.8% for men) with a total of 3,440 deaths over the study period. Co-morbidities of CM coded at increased frequency in HIV-uninfected CM hospitalized populations included hydrocephalus and acute/chronic renal failure as well as possible predispositions including transplantation, combined T and B cell defects, Cushing's syndrome, liver disease and hypogammaglobulinemia. Median hospitalization costs were significant for CM and higher for HIV-uninfected patients (16,803.01 vs. 15,708.07; p<0.0001). Cryptococcal meningitis remains a disease with significant morbidity and mortality in the U.S. and the relative burden among persons without HIV infection is increasing.

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Authors: Pyrgos, V., Seitz, A. E., Steiner, C. A., Prevots, D. R., & Williamson, P. R.
Affiliations: National Institutes of Health (US)
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US)
Corresponding author: Williamson, Peter R.
ORCID: Seitz, Amy E.
Prevots, D. Rebecca
Williamson, Peter R.
Venue: PLoS ONE
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Published: 2013-02-15
Volume: 8
Issue: 2
Pages: e56269
ISSN: 1932-6203 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0056269
PMC: PMC3574138
OpenAlex: W1999868460
Semantic Scholar: 4b895d9fdf7ee8252fc83533890ec854af45ec8d
Cited by: 309
References: 41
Citations by year: 2026: 9 · 2025: 12 · 2024: 29 · 2023: 16 · 2022: 22 · 2021: 32 · 2020: 29 · 2019: 25 · 2018: 27 · 2017: 37 · 2016: 27 · 2015: 26 · 2014: 11 · 2013: 6 · 2012: 1
FWCI: 16.84
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: gold
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Licence: public-domain
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Funders: National Institutes of Health
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Topics: Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Fungal Infections and Studies
Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Microbiology › Bacterial Infections and Vaccines
Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Parasitology › Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics
Keywords: cryptococcal meningitis, incidence trends, hospitalization, in-hospital mortality, HIV-negative patients, comorbidities, hydrocephalus, renal failure, transplant recipients, immunodeficiency, Cushing's syndrome, hypogammaglobulinemia, hospital costs, United States
MeSH terms: Female, Hospitalization, Humans, Male, United States, HIV Infections, Comorbidity, Meningitis, Cryptococcal

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