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Percentage positivity and test agreement were calculated.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Among 467 patients, 557 diagnostic tests were performed; 413 on serum and 144 on CSF. The mean age was 44 years, and most were male (69%) and had HIV (79%). Twenty-four (6.4%, 95% confidence interval [CI]\u2005=\u20054.1\u20139.4) patients were serum CrAg positive, and 8 (5.8%, 95% CI\u2005=\u20052.6\u201311.2) individuals tested positive for CSF CrAg. Although overall agreement between the LA and LFA was substantial to high for CSF (\u03ba\u2005=\u20050.71, 95% CI\u2005=\u20050.51\u20130.91) and serum (\u03ba\u2005=\u20050.93, 95% CI\u2005=\u20050.86\u20131.00), respectively, there were important discrepancies. Five patients had false-positive CSF LA tests that affected clinical care, and 4 patients had discordant serum tests.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>We found a moderately high proportion of cryptococcal disease and important discrepancies between the LA test and LFA. Clinical implications of these findings include accurate detection of serum CrAg and averting unnecessary treatment of meningitis with costly medications associated with high rates of adverse events.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/ofid\/ofab123","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,3,12]],"date-time":"2021-03-12T14:21:20Z","timestamp":1615558880000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":9,"title":["Evaluation of a Cryptococcal Antigen Lateral Flow Assay and Cryptococcal Antigen Positivity at a Large Public Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"8","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9306-4980","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Kristin R V","family":"Harrington","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Atlanta, Georgia, USA"},{"name":"Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Department of 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