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Cryptococcus neoformans meningitis with negative cryptococcal antigen: Evaluation of a new immunochromatographic detection assay

New Microbes and New Infections, 2015
Detection of cryptococcal antigen in serum or cerebrospinal fluid allows cryptococcal meningitis diagnosis within few hours with >90% sensitivity.
O. Opota, B. Desgraz, A. Kenfak, K. Jaton, M. Cavassini, G. Greub, G. Prod'hom, S. Giulieri   +7 more
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Cryptococcal meningitis: epidemiology, immunology, diagnosis and therapy. [PDF]

, 2017
HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis is by far the most common cause of adult meningitis in many areas of the world that have high HIV seroprevalence.
Síle F. Molloy, Fisher, Matthew C, Molloy, Síle F, Peter R. Williamson, Joseph N. Jarvis, Matthew C. Fisher, Angela Loyse, Panackal, Anil A, Harrison, Thomas S, Anil A. Panackal, Williamson, Peter R, Thomas S. Harrison, Loyse, Angela, Jarvis, Joseph N   +13 more
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A fatal case of meningitis caused by Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii in an immunocompetent male

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2010
The incidence of cryptococcal infection is high in developing countries such as India. Cryptococcal meningitis is considered rare in immunocompetent patients and is mainly a disease of immunocompromised patients. Prognosis in immunocompetent patients is
Prashant Gupta, Shruti Malik, Vineeta Khare, Gopa Banerjee, Anurag Mehrotra, Sanjay Mehrotra, Mastan Singh   +6 more
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Cryptococcal Meningitis [PDF]

Archives of Disease in Childhood, 1970
R, McDonald, E N, Greenberg, R, Kramer
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Cryptococcal meningitis: epidemiology and therapeutic options

, 2014
Derek J Sloan, Victoria Parris Tropical and Infectious Disease Unit, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, UK Abstract: Cryptococcal meningitis causes morbidity and mortality worldwide.
Sloan DJ, Parris V
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Cryptococcal meningitis: Clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic overviews

, 2007
Cryptococcal meningitis has emerged as a leading cause of infectious morbidity and mortality in patients with AIDS. Among the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-seropositive subjects, cryptococcal meningitis is the second most common cause of ...
Shankar, S.K., A Chandramukhi, G Gadre, Gadre, G., P Satishchandra, A Mahadevan, Chandramukhi, A., S Nagarathna, Mathew, T., Mahadevan, A., T Mathew, SK Shankar, Satishchandra, P, Nagarathna, S.   +13 more
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Reversible blindness in AIDS-related cryptococcal meningitis

, 1998
A 30-year-old AIDS-patient with cryptococcal meningitis developed subacute bilateral visual loss associated with high cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pressure. With immediate CSF drainage the blindness was reversible.
Claus, J. J., Portegies, P., Peter Portegies, Jules J Claus   +3 more
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Cryptococcal meningitis mimicking cerebral infarction: a case report

, 2018
Weihua Zhou,1–3,* Jianbo Lai,1–3,* Tingting Huang,1 Yi Xu,1–3 Shaohua Hu1–3 1Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310003, China; 2The Key Laboratory of Mental ...
Huang TT, Lai JB, Hu SH, Zhou WH, Xu Y
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Stealth cryptococcus in an immunocompetent patient

Autopsy and Case Reports
Cryptococcosis occurs primarily in immunocompromised patients. It is difficult to suspect in an immunocompetent patient presenting with a headache.
Emily Ryan, Gia Jackson, Larry Nichols
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Fluconazole plus flucytosine versus fluconazole alone for adults with HIV-associated cryptococcal antigenaemia identified through screening: a multi-centre phase III randomised-controlled trial

Trials
Background Despite the expansion of antiretroviral treatment programmes, the incidence and mortality of HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis remain high in Africa. Cryptococcal antigen (CrAg) in the blood precedes meningitis.
Kyla Murphy, Jeremy S. Nel, Mahomed-Yunus Moosa, Douglas P. Wilson, Merika Tsitsi, Sayoki Mfinanga, Sokoine Kivuyo, Denise Kyazze, Nowshad Alam, Graeme Meintjes, Michelle Eriksson, Jack Adams, Colin Menezes, Ebrahim Variava, John Black, Marise Bremer, Vu Quoc Dat, Thuy Le, Charlotte Schutz, Angela Loyse, Rachel M. Wake, David S. Lawrence, Duolao Wang, Shabbar Jaffar, Joseph N. Jarvis, Thomas S. Harrison, Síle F. Molloy, Nelesh P. Govender   +27 more
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