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Table 5 Smear, capsular polysaccharide antigen and pathology results of patients with different immune status

From: Clinical features of cryptococcosis in patients with different immune statuses: a multicenter study in Jiangsu Province–China

 

Total N = 255 (%)

IC N = 169 (%)

MID N = 43 (%)

SID N = 43 (%)

P value

Smear

 Peripheral blood

3/66 (4.5)

0/21

0/15

3/30 (10.0)

0.544

 CSF (meningitis)

35/51 (68.6)

6/17 (35.3)

6/8 (75.0)

23/26 (88.5)

 < 0.001(SIDvs.IC)

CrAg

 Serum

128/155 (82.6)

79/101 (78.2)

27/32 (84.4)

22/22 (100.0)

0.048 (*)

 Serum (meningitis)

21/21 (100.0)

5/5 (100.0)

2/2 (100.0)

14/14 (100.0)

 

 CSF (meningitis)

44/45 (97.8)

11/11 (100.0)

7/8 (87.5)

26/26 (100.0)

0.094

Pathology

147/163 (90.2)

119/129 (92.3)

24/29 (82.8)

4/5 (80.0)

0.222

 Percutaneous lung puncture

117/130 (90.0)

95/104 (91.4)

18/21 (85.7)

4/5 (80.0)

0.551

 Pneumonectomy

31/31

25/25

5/5

1/1

 

 TBLB

6/13 (46.1)

5/10 (50.0)

1/3 (33.3)

0

 
  1. CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; *SID vs. IC/MID;