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Open Forum Infect Dis
; 10(3): ofad156, 2023 Mar.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-37008569
ABSTRACT
Among persons with human immunodeficiency virus-associated cryptococcal meningitis serum hyponatremia is a risk factor for mortality; however, the role of hyponatremia in persons with asymptomatic cryptococcal antigenemia is unknown. We found that serum hyponatremia ≤130â mmol/L is an independent risk factor for progression to meningitis and death in asymptomatic persons with cryptococcal antigenemia.