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Poor long-term outcomes for cryptococcal meningitis in rural South Africa. [PDF]

, 2011
OBJECTIVES: To explore linkage to and retention in HIV care after an episode of cryptococcal meningitis (CM) in rural South Africa. Design. A retrospective case series of adult individuals (> or = 16 years old) with laboratory-confirmed CM from January -
Newell, Marie-Louise, Heller, T, Mutevedzi, PC, Heller, Tom, Lessells, Richard J, Newell, ML, Lessells, RJ, Mutevedzi, Portia C   +7 more
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Cost effectiveness of cryptococcal antigen screening as a strategy to prevent HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis in South Africa. [PDF]

, 2013
OBJECTIVES: Cryptococcal meningitis (CM)-related mortality may be prevented by screening patients for sub-clinical cryptococcal antigenaemia (CRAG) at antiretroviral-therapy (ART) initiation and pre-emptively treating those testing positive.
Thomas S Harrison, Wood, R, Meintjes, Graeme, Joseph N. Jarvis, Joseph N. Jarvis (435279), Harrison Thomas S., Lawn, Stephen D, Cleary, Susan, Robin Wood, Joseph N Jarvis, Stephen D Lawn, Jarvis, JN, Jarvis Joseph N., Meintjes Graeme, Thomas S. Harrison (222993), Graeme Meintjes (221054), Stephen D. Lawn (116037), Robin Wood (4924), Lawn Stephen D., Susan Cleary, Susan Cleary (158497), Stephen D. Lawn, Harrison, Thomas S, Cleary, S, Wood Robin, Harrison, TS, Thomas S. Harrison, Cleary Susan, Lawn, SD, Graeme Meintjes, Meintjes, G, Jarvis, Joseph N, Wood, Robin   +32 more
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Genotypic diversity is associated with clinical outcome and phenotype in cryptococcal meningitis across Southern Africa [PDF]

, 2015
This work was supported by Wellcome Trust (UK) (www.wellcome.ac.uk) awards to TB (WT069991), GM (WT098316), and JNJ (WT081794); Medical Research Council (MRC UK) (www.mrc.ac.uk) awards to MCF (K000373/1), RCM (G0601171), TSH (G1002327); European Research
Fisher, Matthew C, Matthew C Fisher, Matthew C. Fisher (129755), Angela Loyse (292490), Meintjes, Graeme, Fisher, Matthew C., Emma J. Robertson (760738), Sabiiti, Wilber, O'Hanlon, SJ, O'Hanlon, Simon J, Joseph N Jarvis, Tihana Bicanic (718812), Thomas S. Harrison (222993), Fisher, MC, Karen M Fuentes-Cabrejo, Fuentes-Cabrejo, KM, Fuentes-Cabrejo, Karen M, Angela Loyse, Fisher, M, Harrison, Thomas S, Harrison, TS, Robertson, EJ, Simon J. O’Hanlon (760740), Loyse, Angela, Meintjes, G, Simon J O'Hanlon, Robin C May, Jarvis, Joseph N, Emma J Robertson, Wilber Sabiiti (170648), Thomas S Harrison, Mathew A. Beale (663616), Wilber Sabiiti, Robertson, Emma J, Joseph N. Jarvis (435279), Robertson, Emma J., Jarvis, JN, May, Robin C, Mathew A Beale, Karen M. Fuentes-Cabrejo (760739), Graeme Meintjes (221054), Beale, Mathew A, Tihana Bicanic, Sabiiti, W, Bicanic, T, May, RC, Loyse, A, May, Robin C; id_orcid, Bicanic, Tihana, Graeme Meintjes, Beale, MA, Robin C. May (170650), Beale Mathew A., O’Hanlon Simon J., Harrison Thomas S., Loyse Angela, May Robin C., Robertson Emma J., Fuentes-Cabrejo Karen M., Bicanic Tihana, Fisher Matthew C., Sabiiti Wilber, Jarvis Joseph N., Meintjes Graeme, Sabiiti, Wilber; id_orcid   +64 more
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Cryptococcal Meningitis Developing in a Patient with Neurosarcoidosis [PDF]

, 2023
Cryptococcal meningitis is a critical disease that occasionally involves immunosuppressed patients. We herein report a 79-year-old Japanese man who received low-dose prednisolone therapy for neurosarcoidosis and panhypopituitarism.
Shinnosuke Fukushima, Hagiya, Hideharu, Fukushima, Shinnosuke, Otsuka, Fumio, Yamamoto, Yukichika, Oguni, Kohei, Hideharu Hagiya, Fumio Otsuka, Yukichika Yamamoto, Kohei Oguni, Kou Hasegawa, Hasegawa, Kou   +11 more
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Utility of clinical assessment, imaging, and cryptococcal antigen titer to predict AIDS-related complicated forms of cryptococcal meningitis

AIDS Research and Therapy, 2010
Background This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence and predictors of AIDS-related complicated cryptococcal meningitis. The outcome was complicated cryptococcal meningitis: prolonged (≥ 14 days) altered mental status, persistent (≥ 14 days) focal ...
Kandel Sean, Jafari Hamta, Sitapati Amy M, Caperna Joseph, Cachay Edward R, Mathews William C   +5 more
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Cryptococcal meningitis: improving access to essential antifungal medicines in resource-poor countries [PDF]

, 2013
Cryptococcal meningitis is the leading cause of adult meningitis in sub-Saharan Africa, and contributes up to 20% of AIDS-related mortality in low-income and middle-income countries every year.
Chiller, Tom, Harrison, Thomas S, Bicanic, Tihana, Roy, Monika, Thangaraj, Harry, Easterbrook, Philippa, Govender, Nelesh, Loyse, Angela, Ford, Nathan   +8 more
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Cryptococcal antigenemia is associated with meningitis or death in HIV-infected adults with CD4 100–200 cells/mm3

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2020
Background Cryptococcal antigen (CrAg) screening with fluconazole prophylaxis has been shown to prevent cryptococcal meningitis and mortality for people living with HIV (PLWH) with CD4 
James Wykowski, Sean R. Galagan, Sabina Govere, Carole L. Wallis, Mahomed-Yunus Moosa, Connie Celum, Paul K. Drain   +6 more
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“False negative” CSF cryptococcal antigen with clinical meningitis: Case reports and review of literature

Medical Mycology Case Reports, 2020
There is an increasing recognition of patients presenting with cryptococcal meningitis despite having a negative CSF cryptococcal antigen (CrAg). In this report, we describe three cases of patients with advanced immunosuppression who presented to ...
Morris K. Rutakingirwa, Tadeo K. Kiiza, Joshua Rhein   +2 more
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Low CD4 count plus coma predicts cryptococcal meningitis in Tanzania

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2007
Background Largely due to the lack of diagnostic reagents, the prevalence and clinical presentation of cryptococcal meningitis in Tanzania is poorly understood. This in turn is limiting the impact of increased fluconazole availability.
Mueller Andreas, Swai Ndealilia S, Mchele John PD, Maro Venance P, Hawkins Alexander T, Kisenge Peter R, Houpt Eric R   +6 more
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Cryptococcal meningitis in HIV-infected patients: a longitudinal study in Cambodia. [PDF]

, 2010
To describe the frequency of diagnosis of cryptococcosis among HIV-infected patients in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, at programme entry, to investigate associated risk factors, and to determine the incidence of cryptococcal ...
Ngeth Chanchhaya, Prak Narom, Pinoges, Loretxu, Loretxu Pinoges, Lucas Molfino, Mar Pujades-Rodríguez, Emmanuelle Espié, Suna Balkan, Molfino, Lucas, Pujades-Rodríguez, Mar, Chanchhaya, Ngeth, Balkan, Suna, Narom, Prak, Espié, Emmanuelle   +13 more
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