From: High dose fluconazole in salvage therapy for HIV-uninfected cryptococcal meningitis
Factor | Univariate Analysis | Multivariate Analysis | |||
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Total No. of patients | No. (%) of patients who died | P-valueb | P-value | RR (95% CI) | |
Age ≥ 60 years | 12 | 4 (33.3) | 0.022 |  |  |
Initial AmB course < 6 weeks | 10 | 3 (30.0) | 0.095 |  |  |
Salvage therapy without 5FC | 13 | 3 (23.1) | 0.196 | Â | Â |
Serum albumin level < 35 g/L | 13 | 5 (38.5) | 0.001 | 0.014 | 16.23 (1.78–148.19) |
eGFR < 60 mL/min/1.73m2 | 8 | 3 (37.5) | 0.015 |  |  |
CSF WBC count < 10 /mm3a | 14 | 4 (28.6) | 0.012 |  |  |
CSF glucose level < 36 mg/dLa | 22 | 1 (4.5) | 0.127 |  |  |
CSF CrAg titer ≥ 1280a | 17 | 4 (23.5) | 0.058 | 0.048 | 9.30 (1.02–84.73) |