Follow-Up of Surgical or Nonsurgical Patients with Pulmonary Cryptococcosis: A Real-World Study
Herui Li,* Yiming Ma,* Zihang Zeng, Lijuan Luo, Tiao Li, Huihui Zeng, Yan Chen Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this wo...
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| description | Herui Li,* Yiming Ma,* Zihang Zeng, Lijuan Luo, Tiao Li, Huihui Zeng, Yan Chen Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Yan Chen; Huihui Zeng, Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, 139 Renmin Road, Changsha, 410011, Hunan, People’s Republic of China, Email chenyan99727@csu.edu.cn; bonemarrow@csu.edu.cnBackground: Surgical and medical treatments are applied to pulmonary cryptococcosis (PC) in the real world, while the prognosis of different therapies is uncertain. This study investigated diagnosis, real-world therapy, follow-up outcomes, and prognosis factors, aiming to deepen our understanding of PC.Methods: Patients pathologically diagnosed with PC were retrospectively reviewed and followed up. Further comparisons and subgroup analyses were conducted in surgical and nonsurgical treatment individuals. Univariable and multivariable logistic regression methods were used to explore the risk factors associated with treatment failure.Results: One hundred and sixty-three patients were included in this study, of whom 92 underwent surgical removal of VATS or open lung surgery (68 of them received postoperative antifungal treatment) and 71 got antifungal drugs only. Compared with nonsurgical patients, surgical patients were more immunocompetent (73 [79.3%] cases vs 33 [46.5%]), showed milder symptoms and more limited pulmonary lesions. Although they had instant treatment response owing to lesions resection, there is no significant advantage in the rate of treatment failure. Multivariable regression showed independent predictive factors associated with treatment failure were polymorphonuclear (PMN)> 6.30*109/L, albumin (Alb) < 40g/L and antifungal dosage < 400mg/d. Further analysis among patients with different immune statuses or symptoms demonstrated that sufficient antifungal dosage could reduce the rate of treatment failure.Conclusion: PC showed variable and nonspecific clinical features. PC patients with limited nodules/masses and mild symptoms often led to misdiagnosis and unnecessary lung resections. The potential risk factors including higher PMN and hypoalbuminemia could help clinicians to identify PC patients with poor treatment efficiency at an early stage. To note, sufficient antifungal dosage may improve the treatment outcomes.Keywords: pulmonary cryptococcosis, diagnosis, antifungal treatment, clinical features, surgery |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2073cb614d5248b39280d6dfd9810a6f2022-12-22T02:59:33ZengDove Medical PressInfection and Drug Resistance1178-69732022-07-01Volume 153669368176498Follow-Up of Surgical or Nonsurgical Patients with Pulmonary Cryptococcosis: A Real-World StudyLi HMa YZeng ZLuo LLi TZeng HChen YHerui Li,* Yiming Ma,* Zihang Zeng, Lijuan Luo, Tiao Li, Huihui Zeng, Yan Chen Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Yan Chen; Huihui Zeng, Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, 139 Renmin Road, Changsha, 410011, Hunan, People’s Republic of China, Email chenyan99727@csu.edu.cn; bonemarrow@csu.edu.cnBackground: Surgical and medical treatments are applied to pulmonary cryptococcosis (PC) in the real world, while the prognosis of different therapies is uncertain. This study investigated diagnosis, real-world therapy, follow-up outcomes, and prognosis factors, aiming to deepen our understanding of PC.Methods: Patients pathologically diagnosed with PC were retrospectively reviewed and followed up. Further comparisons and subgroup analyses were conducted in surgical and nonsurgical treatment individuals. Univariable and multivariable logistic regression methods were used to explore the risk factors associated with treatment failure.Results: One hundred and sixty-three patients were included in this study, of whom 92 underwent surgical removal of VATS or open lung surgery (68 of them received postoperative antifungal treatment) and 71 got antifungal drugs only. Compared with nonsurgical patients, surgical patients were more immunocompetent (73 [79.3%] cases vs 33 [46.5%]), showed milder symptoms and more limited pulmonary lesions. Although they had instant treatment response owing to lesions resection, there is no significant advantage in the rate of treatment failure. Multivariable regression showed independent predictive factors associated with treatment failure were polymorphonuclear (PMN)> 6.30*109/L, albumin (Alb) < 40g/L and antifungal dosage < 400mg/d. Further analysis among patients with different immune statuses or symptoms demonstrated that sufficient antifungal dosage could reduce the rate of treatment failure.Conclusion: PC showed variable and nonspecific clinical features. PC patients with limited nodules/masses and mild symptoms often led to misdiagnosis and unnecessary lung resections. The potential risk factors including higher PMN and hypoalbuminemia could help clinicians to identify PC patients with poor treatment efficiency at an early stage. To note, sufficient antifungal dosage may improve the treatment outcomes.Keywords: pulmonary cryptococcosis, diagnosis, antifungal treatment, clinical features, surgeryhttps://www.dovepress.com/follow-up-of-surgical-or-nonsurgical-patients-with-pulmonary-cryptococ-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-IDRpulmonary cryptococcosisdiagnosisantifungal treatmentclinical featuressurgery |
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| title | Follow-Up of Surgical or Nonsurgical Patients with Pulmonary Cryptococcosis: A Real-World Study |
| title_full | Follow-Up of Surgical or Nonsurgical Patients with Pulmonary Cryptococcosis: A Real-World Study |
| title_fullStr | Follow-Up of Surgical or Nonsurgical Patients with Pulmonary Cryptococcosis: A Real-World Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Follow-Up of Surgical or Nonsurgical Patients with Pulmonary Cryptococcosis: A Real-World Study |
| title_short | Follow-Up of Surgical or Nonsurgical Patients with Pulmonary Cryptococcosis: A Real-World Study |
| title_sort | follow up of surgical or nonsurgical patients with pulmonary cryptococcosis a real world study |
| topic | pulmonary cryptococcosis diagnosis antifungal treatment clinical features surgery |
| url | https://www.dovepress.com/follow-up-of-surgical-or-nonsurgical-patients-with-pulmonary-cryptococ-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-IDR |
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