Environmental Risk Factors for Talaromycosis Hospitalizations of HIV-Infected Patients in Guangzhou, China: Case Crossover Study.

ABSTRACT: Talaromycosis is a fatal opportunistic infection prevalent in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients, previous studies suggest environmental humidity is associated with monthly talaromycosis hospitalizations of HIV-infected patients, but the acute risk factor remains uncertain. In this study, we evaluated the associations between talaromycosis hospitalizations of HIV-infected patients (n = 919) and environmental factors including meteorological variables and air pollutants at the event day (assumed "lag 0" since the exact infection date is hard to ascertain) and 1-7 days prior to event day (lag 1-lag 7) in conditional logistics regression models based on a case crossover design. We found that an interquartile range (IQR) increase in temperature at lag 0-lag 7 (odds rat

SUBMITTER: Wang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8645774 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature