Neutralizing Anti-Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor Autoantibodies in Patients With Central Nervous System and Localized Cryptococcosis: Longitudinal Follow-up and Literature Review
Journal
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
Journal Volume
75
Journal Issue
2
Pages
278
Date Issued
2022-08-25
Author(s)
Kuo, Po Hsien
Pan, Yi Hua
Wang, Yu Chen
Abstract
Neutralizing anti-granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) autoantibodies (AAbs) have been increasingly recognized to predispose healthy individuals to disseminated cryptococcosis. However, studies have only considered patients with central nervous system (CNS) infection. No longitudinal study has captured the disease spectrum and clinical course.
Subjects
Cryptococcus gattii; CNS; anti–GM-CSF autoantibodies; cryptococcosis; extraneural
Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
Type
journal article