Research Article
Cryptococcal Meningitis: A Retrospective Cohort of a Brazilian Reference Hospital in the Post-HAART Era of Universal Access
Table 3
Laboratory findings of 79 patients with cryptococcal meningitis.
| | Variable | Initial | aAfter treatment | value | | Mean (range) | Mean (range) |
| | Opening pressure (cm H2O) | 30 (10–130) | 22 (10–50) | 0.387 | | CSF glucose (mg/dL) | 36.5 (1–145) | 43 (2–154) | 0.278 | | CSF leukocytes (cells/µL) | 25 (1–853) | 8 (0–300) | <0.05 | | CSF proteins (mg/dL) | 82 (0–882) | 59 (0–1866) | 0.228 |
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| | CSF antigenb ≥1 : 1000 | (55.6) | 7 (8.8) | 0.642 | | CSF positive culture | (93.6) | 6 (7.5) | 1.00 | | Blood culture positivec | (45.5) | — | — | | Blood antigen ≥1 : 1000b | (40.5) | — | — | | Bronchoalveolar lavage positive | (7.5) | — | — |
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CSF, cerebrospinal fluid. aAfter 2-week course of induction therapy. bCryptococcus antigen. cCollected within 14-day period of induction therapy.
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