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Treatment of cryptococcal meningitis in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2010
Cryptococcal meningitis (CM) remains a leading cause of death for HIV-infected individuals in sub-Saharan Africa. Improved treatment strategies are needed if individuals are to benefit from the increasing availability of antiretroviral therapy.
Josephine V J Lightowler, Graham S Cooke, Portia Mutevedzi, Richard J Lessells, Marie-Louise Newell, Martin Dedicoat   +5 more
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Central Diabetes Insipidus and Brain Herniation Secondary to Cryptococcal Meningitis in a Dog [PDF]

Clinical Case Reports, Volume 14, Issue 7, July 2026.
Patient CSF cytology consistent with Cryptococcus fungal infection with eosinophilic inflammation. ABSTRACT Central diabetes insipidus (CDI) should be considered in neurologic patients with persistent polyuria and rising sodium concentrations despite appropriate fluid therapy. Earlier recognition, serial urine concentration monitoring, and desmopressin
Owen Hurst, Alicia Mastrocco, Jennifer Prittie   +2 more
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Cryptococcal meningitis in India

MGM Journal of Medical Sciences, 2019
Cryptococcal meningitis caused by the environmental yeast Cryptococcus neoformans has emerged as a significant pathogen in immunocompromised and immunocompetent patient especially in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or acquired immune deficiency ...
Pushpa Yadav, Manodeep Sen, Anupam Das, Tanushri Chaterji   +3 more
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Experiences of diagnosis and treatment of 102 cases with cryptococcal meningitis and/or cryptococcal meningoencephalitis

Chinese Journal of Contemporary Neurology and Neurosurgery, 2014
Objective To summarize the clinical manifestations and diagnostic and therapeutic strategies of 102 cases with cryptococcal meningitis and/or cryptococcal meningoencephalitis, and to improve the diagnosis and treatment of cryptococcal meningitis ...
Yan-yu CHANG, Xue-qiang HU
doaj   +1 more source

Cryptococcal Meningitis.

The Brazilian journal of infectious diseases : an official publication of the Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases
Meningitis is the most common manifestation of disseminated cryptococcosis. Cryptococcal meningitis is the most common systemic mycotic infection in AIDS, which is the most frequent predisposing condition. The most severe complication is acute cerebral hypertension.
Pescador Ruschel MA, Tristram D, Thapa B.   +2 more
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Efficacy of an abbreviated induction regimen of amphotericin B deoxycholate for cryptococcal meningoencephalitis: 3 days of therapy is equivalent to 14 days. [PDF]

, 2014
Cryptococcal meningoencephalitis is an urgent global health problem. Induction regimens using 14 days of amphotericin B deoxycholate (dAmB) are considered the standard of care but may not be suitable for resource-poor settings.
Sharp, Andrew D, Andrew D. Sharp, Julie A. Schwartz, Gregson, Lea, Howard, Susan J, Goodwin, Joanne, Susan J. Howard, Bill Moser, John R. Perfect, Müller, W, Sharp, AD, Joanne Goodwin, Moser, Bill, Walker, Catherine, Hope, William W, Lea Gregson, Hope, WW, Perfect, John R, Joanne Livermore, Werner Müller, Schwartz, JA, William W. Hope, Felton, Timothy; id_orcid, Timothy Felton, Catherine Walker, Livermore, J, Schwartz, Julie A, Gregson, L, Goodwin, J, Harrison, Thomas S, Livermore, Joanne, Howard, SJ, Felton, T, Harrison, TS, Walker, C, Perfect, JR, Thomas S. Harrison, Müller, Werner; id_orcid, Moser, B   +38 more
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The phenotype of the Cryptococcus-specific CD4+ memory T-cell response is associated with disease severity and outcome in HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis. [PDF]

, 2013
BACKGROUND: Correlates of immune protection in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-associated cryptococcal meningitis are poorly defined.
Levitz, SM, Stone, Hunter H, Casazza, Joseph P, Richard A. Koup, Meintjes, Graeme, Levitz, Stuart M, Joseph P. Casazza, Joseph N. Jarvis, Stephen D. Lawn, Stuart M. Levitz, Harrison, Thomas S, Koup, RA, Lawn, Stephen D, Harrison, TS, Thomas S. Harrison, Koup, Richard A, Lawn, SD, Graeme Meintjes, Hunter H. Stone, Meintjes, G, Stone, HH, Jarvis, Joseph N, Jarvis, JN, Casazza, JP   +23 more
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A prospective study of mortality from cryptococcal meningitis following treatment induction with 1200 mg oral fluconazole in Blantyre, Malawi. [PDF]

, 2014
OBJECTIVE: We have previously reported high ten-week mortality from cryptococcal meningitis in Malawian adults following treatment-induction with 800 mg oral fluconazole (57% [33/58]).
Allain, TJ, Rothe, Camilla, Jassi, Chikondi, Feasey, NA, Gnanadurai, Roshina, Feasey, Nicholas A, Lalloo David G., Goodson, P, Gaskell Katherine M., Harrison Thomas S., Rothe, C, Sloan, DJ, Goodson, Patrick, Katherine M Gaskell, Nicholas A Feasey, Lalloo, DG, Heyderman Robert S., Camilla Rothe, Lalloo, David G, Sloan Derek J., Gaskell, Katherine M, Sloan, Derek J, Jassi, C, Roshina Gnanadurai, Gaskell, KM, Jassi Chikondi, Harrison, Thomas S, Sloan, Derek J., Gaskell, Katherine M., Harrison, TS, Lalloo, David G., Harrison, Thomas S., Heyderman, Robert S, Goodson Patrick, Allain Theresa J., Thomas S Harrison, Chikondi Jassi, Derek J Sloan, David G Lalloo, Gnanadurai, R, Patrick Goodson, Rothe Camilla, Robert S Heyderman, Gnanadurai Roshina, Allain, Theresa J, Feasey Nicholas A., Allain, Theresa J., Theresa J Allain, Feasey, Nick; id_orcid, Heyderman, RS, Feasey, Nicholas A., Lalloo, David; id_orcid, Heyderman, Robert S., Sloan, Derek J.; id_orcid   +53 more
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A Prospective Longitudinal Study of the Clinical Outcomes from Cryptococcal Meningitis following Treatment Induction with 800 mg Oral Fluconazole in Blantyre, Malawi [PDF]

, 2013
Introduction: Cryptococcal meningitis is the most common neurological infection in HIV infected patients in Sub Saharan Africa, where gold standard treatment with intravenous amphotericin B and 5 flucytosine is often unavailable or difficult to ...
Mavuto Mukaka, Rothe, Camilla, Feasey, NA, Tom Harrison, van Oosterhout Joep J., Denis, Brigitte, Lalloo David G., Goodson, P, Rothe, C, Jean Chikafa, Sloan, DJ, Goodson, Patrick, Nicholas A Feasey, Mukaka, Mavuto, Joep J van Oosterhout, Lalloo, DG, Allain, T, Heyderman Robert S., Camilla Rothe, Harrison, T, Sloan Derek J., Harrison, Tom, Harrison Tom, Sloan, Derek J., Allain Theresa, Mukaka, M, Lalloo, David G., Theresa Allain, Goodson Patrick, Denis, B, van Oosterhout, JJ, Chikafa, Jean, Derek J Sloan, David G Lalloo, Chikafa, J, Patrick Goodson, Brigitte Denis, Rothe Camilla, Robert S Heyderman, Feasey Nicholas A., Chikafa Jean, van Oosterhout, Joep J., Mukaka Mavuto, Allain, Theresa, Feasey, Nick; id_orcid, Heyderman, RS, Feasey, Nicholas A., Denis Brigitte, Lalloo, David; id_orcid, Heyderman, Robert S., Sloan, Derek J.; id_orcid   +50 more
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Early Clinical and Subclinical Visual Evoked Potential and Humphrey's Visual Field Defects in Cryptococcal Meningitis. [PDF]

, 2012
Cryptococcal induced visual loss is a devastating complication in survivors of cryptococcal meningitis (CM). Early detection is paramount in prevention and treatment.
Moodley Anand, Andrew Michowicz, Moodley, A, William Rae, Bhigjee Ahmed, Connolly Cathy, Angela Loyse, Thomas Harrison, Loyse, A, Natasha Devparsad, Rae William, Devparsad Natasha, Anand Moodley, Michowicz, A, Cathy Connolly, Harrison Thomas, Loyse Angela, Connolly, C, Bhigjee, A, Harrison, T, Ahmed Bhigjee, Rae, W, Devparsad, N, Michowicz Andrew   +23 more
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