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Cryptococcal meningitis [PDF]

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, 1986
Cryptococcal meningitis is a life-threatening disease. Headache, vomiting, cranial nerve symptoms and mental changes are the most common symptoms, but as many as 15% may have no symptoms referable to the CNS. For chemotherapy four drugs are available: namely amphotericin B, 5-fluorocytosine, miconazole and ketoconazole.
R, Biniek, F, Hilgenstock, V, Schuchardt
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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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Prevalence of Cryptococcal meningitis among Immunocompetent and immunocompromised Individuals in Bellary, South India – a Prospective Study [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2012
Background and objectives: Cryptococcal meningitis is now the leading cause of community acquired meningitis. It is generally thought to be associated with AIDS individuals.
Kanchan Mahale, Satish Patil, Ravikumar, Nagabhushan, Ramanath Mahale   +4 more
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The clinical profiles and outcomes of HIV-negative cryptococcal meningitis patients in type II diabetes mellitus

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2021
Background The clinical profiles and outcomes of cryptococcal meningitis have been shown to vary depending on the underlying condition. The aim of this study was to investigate clinical characteristics and outcomes in patients with and without type II ...
Hang Li, Xiaojing Li, Lei Zhang, Wenjie Fang, Keming Zhang, Amir Arastehfar, Macit Ilkit, Dongying Hu, Xianzhen Chen, Huiwei Wang, Liyan Ling, Jianjun Lin, Bin Xu, Wanqing Liao, Weihua Pan, Qilong Zhang   +15 more
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Cryptococcal meningitis: A neglected NTD? [PDF]

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2017
Although HIV/AIDS has been anything but neglected over the last decade, opportunistic infections (OIs) are increasingly overlooked as large-scale donors shift their focus from acute care to prevention and earlier antiretroviral treatment (ART) initiation.
Molloy, S.F., Chiller, T., Greene, G.S., Burry, J., Govender, N.P., Kanyama, C., Mfinanga, S., Lesikari, S., Mapoure, Y.N., Kouanfack, C., Sini, V., Temfack, E., Boulware, D.R., Dromer, F., Denning, D.W., Day, J., Stone, N.R.H., Bicanic, T., Jarvis, J.N., Lortholary, O., Harrison, T.S., Jaffar, S., Loyse, A.   +22 more
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Low Diversity Cryptococcus neoformans Variety grubii Multilocus Sequence Types from Thailand Are Consistent with an Ancestral African Origin [PDF]

, 2011
The global burden of HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis is estimated at nearly one million cases per year, causing up to a third of all AIDS-related deaths.
Fisher, M.D., Annemarie E. Brouwer, Thomas S Harrison, Simwami, SP, Matthew C Fisher, Boekhout, T, Khayhan Kantarawee, Aanensen, D.M., Brouwer Annemarie E., Hagen, F, Daniel A Henk, Matthew C. Fisher, Harrison, T.S., Henk Daniel A., Donnelly Christl A., Harrison Thomas S., Fisher Matthew C., Khayhan, K., David M. Aanensen, Aanensen David M., Annemarie E Brouwer, Brouwer, A.E., Donnelly, C.A., Aanensen, DM, Christl A Donnelly, Henk, DA, Brouwer, AE, Hagen, F., Henk, D.A., Sitali P. Simwami, Sitali P Simwami, Khayhan, K, Donnelly, CA, Ferry Hagen, Daniel A. Henk, Fisher, MC, Christl A. Donnelly, Teun Boekhout, Hagen Ferry, Kantarawee Khayhan, Simwami Sitali P., Boekhout, T., Boekhout Teun, Harrison, TS, Thomas S. Harrison, Simwami, S.P., David M Aanensen   +46 more
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Risk factors and outcomes of cerebrospinal fluid overdrainage in HIV-negative patients with cryptococcal meningitis after the ventriculoperitoneal shunting procedure

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection, 2018
Purpose: Shunt procedures used to treat cryptococcal meningitis complicated with hydrocephalus and/or increased intracranial pressure (IICP) could result in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) overdrainage, thereby presenting therapeutic challenges.
Chih-Wei Hung, Wei-Che Lin, Wen-Neng Chang, Tsung-Ming Su, Chia-Te Kung, Nai-Wen Tsai, Hung-Chen Wang, Chih-Cheng Huang, Ben-Chung Cheng, Yu-Jih Su, Ya-Ting Chang, Chih-Min Su, Sheng-Yuan Hsiao, Cheng-Hsien Lu   +13 more
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Capsule independent uptake of the fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans into brain microvascular endothelial cells. [PDF]

, 2012
Cryptococcosis is a life-threatening fungal disease with a high rate of mortality among HIV/AIDS patients across the world. The ability to penetrate the blood-brain barrier (BBB) is central to the pathogenesis of cryptococcosis, but the way in which this
May, Robin C, Wilber Sabiiti (170648), Sabiiti, Wilber, May, Robin; id_orcid, Sabiiti, W, May, RC, Robin C. May (170650), Wilber Sabiiti, Sabiiti Wilber, Robin C May, May Robin C.   +10 more
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Symptomatic Cryptococcal Meningitis with Negative Serum and Cerebrospinal Fluid Cryptococcal Antigen Tests

HIV/AIDS: Research and Palliative Care, 2021
Vivien Nanfuka,1,* Mkhoi L Mkhoi,2– 4,* Jane Gakuru,2 Richard Kwizera,2 Joseph Baruch Baluku,5 Felix Bongomin,6,7 David B Meya1,2,6 1Infectious Diseases Unit, Kiruddu National Referral Hospital, Kampala, Uganda; 2Infectious Diseases Institute ...
Nanfuka V, Mkhoi ML, Gakuru J, Kwizera R, Baluku JB, Bongomin F, Meya DB   +6 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.

, 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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