Author(s)

Juan C. Canessa, Diego Cabrera, Jonathan Eskenazi, Frine Samalvides

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Objective: To determine the associated factors for in-hospital mortality in patients with meningeal cryptococcosis and HIV infection at a local hospital in Lima, Perú. Materials and methods: We carried out a case-control study by reviewing the medical histories available at a local hospital in Lima, Peru. We determined the factors associated with mortality using a logistic regression model. Results: The information of 90 patients was analyzed, 37 dead and 53 alive. In the multivariate analysis we found two variables associated with mortality: Glasgow at admission (OR = 4.55 (1.61 – 12.20), p = 0.01) and serum antigen titer greater than 1024 (OR = 20.48 (1.6 – 261.04, p = 0.02). The protective factor found was a longer hospitalization stay (OR = 0.80 (0.69 – 0.93, p = 0.005).Conclusions: A low Glasgow score and serum antigen titer greater than 1024 are associated factors with mortality, whereas hospitalization length is a protective factor.

Meningeal Cryptococcosis, Cryptococcus, HIV, Mortality

J. Canessa, D. Cabrera, J. Eskenazi and F. Samalvides, "Associated Factors for In-Hospital Mortality in Patients with Meningeal Cryptococcosis and HIV Infection at a Local Hospital in Lima, Peru," World Journal of AIDS, Vol. 1 No. 1, 2011, pp. 8-14. doi: 10.4236/wja.2011.11002.