Among persons with human immunodeficiency virus-associated cryptococcal meningitis serum hyponatremia is a risk factor for mortality; however, the role of hyponatremia in persons with asymptomatic cryptococcal antigenemia is unknown. We found that serum hyponatremia ≤130 mmol/L is an independent risk factor for progression to meningitis and death in asymptomatic persons with cryptococcal antigenemia.
Keywords: HIV; cryptococcal meningitis; hyponatremia.
© The Author(s) 2023. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Infectious Diseases Society of America.