Lehman Alice, Nalintya Elizabeth, Wele Abduljewad, Kirumira Paul, Naluyima Rose, Namuli Teopista, Turya Musa Fred, Skipper Caleb P, Meya David B, Boulware David R, Rajasingham Radha
Division of Infectious Diseases and International Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Infectious Disease Institute, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
Open Forum Infect Dis. 2023 Mar 28;10(3):ofad156. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofad156. eCollection 2023 Mar.
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 ≤130 mmol/L is an independent risk factor for progression to meningitis and death in asymptomatic persons with cryptococcal antigenemia.
在人类免疫缺陷病毒相关隐球菌性脑膜炎患者中,血清低钠血症是死亡的危险因素;然而,低钠血症在无症状隐球菌抗原血症患者中的作用尚不清楚。我们发现,血清低钠血症≤130 mmol/L是无症状隐球菌抗原血症患者进展为脑膜炎和死亡的独立危险因素。