Potential missed opportunities for diagnosis of cryptococcosis and the association with mortality: A cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cryptococcosis is one of the most common life-threatening opportunistic mycoses worldwide. Insidious presentation and slow onset of symptoms make it difficult to recognize, complicating the diagnostic process. Delays in diagnosis may lead to increased mortality. We aim to determine the frequency of missed opportunities for diagnosis of cryptococcosis and its effects on mortality.

Methods

To estimate the proportion of individuals with a potentially missed diagnosis for cryptococcosis in hospitalized patients, we conducted a retrospective cohort study using the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project State Inpatient Databases from 2005 to 2015 from eight states. All hospitalized adult patients diagnosed with cryptococcal infection or cryptococcal meningitis were inc

SUBMITTER: Salazar AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7648127 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature