Walukaga Stewart, Fieberg Ann, Musubire Abdu, Tugume Lillian, Ssebambulidde Kenneth, Kagimu Enock, Kasibante John, Rutakingirwa Morris K, Mpoza Edward, Gakuru Jane, Akampurira Andrew, Jjunju Samuel, Mwesigye James, Muzoora Conrad, Nuwagira Edwin, Bangdiwala Ananta S, Williams Darlisha A, Rhein Joshua, Meya David B, Boulware David R, Hullsiek Kathy Huppler, Rajasingham Radha
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Division of Biostatistics and Health Science Data, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Med Mycol. 2024 Dec 27;63(1). doi: 10.1093/mmy/myae115.
Given extensive improvements in access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) over the past 12 years, the HIV and cryptococcal meningitis landscapes have dramatically changed since 2010. We sought to evaluate changes in clinical presentation and clinical outcomes of people presenting with HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis between 2010 and 2022 in Uganda. We analyzed three prospective cohorts of HIV-infected Ugandans with cryptococcal meningitis during 2010-2012, 2013-2017, and 2018-2022. We summarized baseline demographics, clinical characteristics at presentation, and 2-week and 16-week mortality. Overall, 2022 persons had confirmed cryptococcal meningitis between 2010 and 2022. In the most recent 2018-2022 cohort, 48% presented as ART-naïve, and the median CD4 cell count was 26 cells/µl. Participants in the 2018-2022 cohort had the lowest cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) opening pressure (median 22 cmH2O) and the highest percentage with sterile CSF quantitative cultures (21%) compared with earlier cohorts (P < .001 for both), signifying a less severely ill population presenting with cryptococcal meningitis. Two-week mortality was lowest among participants with cryptococcal meningitis enrolled in a clinical trial in the 2018-2022 cohort at 13% compared to 26% in both 2010-2012 and 2013-2017 (P < .001). While AIDS-related deaths have dramatically declined over the past 12 years, cryptococcosis persists, presenting challenges to HIV program implementation. Two-week mortality has improved in the most recent cohort, likely due to the establishment of cryptococcal screening programs, better supportive care including scheduled lumbar punctures, and the availability of flucytosine-an essential component of antifungal therapy.
在过去12年中,抗逆转录病毒疗法(ART)的可及性有了广泛改善,自2010年以来,HIV和隐球菌性脑膜炎的情况发生了巨大变化。我们试图评估2010年至2022年期间乌干达HIV相关隐球菌性脑膜炎患者的临床表现和临床结局的变化。我们分析了2010 - 2012年、2013 - 2017年和2018 - 2022年期间三组感染HIV的乌干达隐球菌性脑膜炎患者的前瞻性队列。我们总结了基线人口统计学特征、就诊时的临床特征以及2周和16周死亡率。总体而言,2022人在2010年至2022年期间被确诊为隐球菌性脑膜炎。在最近的2018 - 2022队列中,48%的患者初治时未接受ART,CD4细胞计数中位数为26个/微升。与早期队列相比,2018 - 2022队列中的参与者脑脊液(CSF)初压最低(中位数22 cmH₂O),无菌CSF定量培养阳性率最高(21%)(两者P均<0.001),这表明患隐球菌性脑膜炎的人群病情较轻。2018 - 2022队列中参加临床试验的隐球菌性脑膜炎患者2周死亡率最低,为13%,而2010 - 2012年和2013 - 2017年的死亡率均为26%(P<0.001)。虽然过去12年中与艾滋病相关的死亡人数大幅下降,但隐球菌病仍然存在,这给HIV项目的实施带来了挑战。最近队列的2周死亡率有所改善,这可能归因于隐球菌筛查项目的建立、包括定期腰椎穿刺在内的更好的支持性护理以及氟胞嘧啶(抗真菌治疗的重要组成部分)的可及性。