Cryptococcosis among hospitalised patients with COVID-19: A multicentre research network study.
Mycoses
; 65(8): 815-823, 2022 Aug.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1901801
ABSTRACT
It is unclear if there is an association between COVID-19 and cryptococcosis. Therefore, this study aimed to describe the clinical features, risk factors, and outcomes associated with cryptococcosis in hospitalised patients with COVID-19. The objectives of this study were to determine the incidence of and examine factors associated with cryptococcosis after a diagnosis of COVID-19. We used TriNetX to identify and sort patients 18 years and older hospitalised with COVID-19 into two cohorts based on the presence or absence of a diagnosis of cryptococcosis following diagnosis of COVID-19. Outcomes of interest included the incidence of cryptococcosis following the diagnosis of COVID-19 as well as the proportion of patients in each group who had underlying comorbidities, received immunomodulatory therapy, required ICU admission or mechanical ventilation (MV), or died. Propensity score matching was used to adjust for confounding. Among 212,479 hospitalised patients with COVID-19, 65 developed cryptococcosis. The incidence of cryptococcosis following COVID-19 was 0.022%. Patients with cryptococcosis were more likely to be male and have underlying comorbidities. Among cases, 32% were people with HIV. Patients with cryptococcosis were more likely to have received tocilizumab (p < .0001) or baricitinib (p < .0001), but not dexamethasone (p = .0840). ICU admission (38% vs 29%), MV (23% vs 11%), and mortality (36% vs 14%) were significantly higher among patients with cryptococcosis. Mortality remained elevated after adjusted propensity score matching. Cryptococcosis occurred most often in hospitalised patients with COVID-19 who had traditional risk factors, comparable to findings in patients without COVID-19. Cryptococcosis was associated with increased ICU admission, MV, and mortality.
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International databases
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Cryptococcosis
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Cohort study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Mycoses
Journal subject:
Microbiology
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Myc.13476
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