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Flucytosine and cryptococcosis: time to urgently address the worldwide accessibility of a 50-year-old antifungal. [PDF]

, 2013
Current, widely accepted guidelines for the management of HIV-associated cryptococcal meningoencephalitis (CM) recommend amphotericin B combined with flucytosine (5-FC) for ≥2 weeks as the initial induction treatment of choice.
A. Loyse, Dromer, F, Day, J, Lortholary, O, O. Lortholary, Harrison, TS, F. Dromer, T. S. Harrison, J. Day, Loyse, A   +9 more
core   +1 more source

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
doaj  

Cannabis‐Based Oil for Pain and Other Non‐Motor Symptoms in Parkinson's Disease: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Movement Disorders, EarlyView.
Abstract Background There is a lack of treatments for non‐motor symptoms (NMS) in Parkinson's disease (PD). Objective To assess the safety and effectiveness of an oral Cannabis sativa L. extract on pain and other NMS of PD. Methods This phase II, randomized, placebo‐controlled trial evaluated a formulation containing cannabidiol (CBD; 96 mg/ml) and Δ9 ...
Gabriel T. Kubota, Jacy B. Parmera, Matheus Deltreggia, Pedro N. Martins, Anna Letícia M. Alves, Ananda C.M. de Falcone, Ana Rosa Santana, Maria Alice P. Falcão, Mayara A. Dias, Larissa I. Moreira, Paulo C. de Fonseca Filho, Eberval G. Figueiredo, Egberto R. Barbosa, Rubens G. Cury, Daniel C. de Andrade   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tamoxifen boosted antifungal therapy for cryptococcal meningitis [PDF]

, 2022
Central nervous system infections are of an important focus for clinical research, especially in tropical settings such as Vietnam. Of particular concern is cryptococcal meningitis, a leading cause of death particularly in HIV patients.
Nguyễn Thị Thủy Ngân
core   +1 more source

MRI changes in cryptococcal meningoencephalitis exacerbated by antifungal treatment due to post-infectious inflammatory syndrome: A case report

Radiology Case Reports
Cryptococcal meningitis is one of the most common fungal meningitis in adults and causes disabling morbidity and mortality worldwide. The occurrence of postinfectious inflammatory response syndrome during cryptococcal meningitis treatment presents a ...
Kenji Ohira, Yo Kawarada, Ryoko Iwata, Mitsuo Satake   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Shunting in Cryptococcal meningitis: a scoping review

, 2023
A research protocol describing a scoping review on cerebro-spinal shunting procedures in patients with cryptococcal meningitis.
Xosse Carreras (12334577), Gonzalo Cornejo-Venegas (12334526), Carolina Mendez Guerra (12334574), David R. Soriano-Moreno (11060678), Andrea Salcedo (12334613)   +4 more
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Cryptococcal Meningitis in an HIV-Negative Puerperal Woman

Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2021
Cryptococcal meningitis is a common opportunistic infection in HIV-infected patients and other immunocompromised people. Pregnancy, which is a state of relative immunosuppression, can also be a risk factor for the development of cryptococcal meningitis ...
Tomás Robalo Nunes, Helena Pires, Liliana Alves, Ana Guerra, Susana Boavida, Ana Brito, Inês Marques, Nuno Marques   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

A nomogram to predict cryptococcal meningitis in patients with pulmonary cryptococcosis

Heliyon
Background: The most serious manifestation of pulmonary cryptococcosis is complicated with cryptococcal meningitis, while its clinical manifestations lack specificity with delayed diagnosis and high mortality.
Xiaoli Tan, Min Deng, Zhixian Fang, Qi Yang, Ming Zhang, Jiasheng Wu, Wenyu Chen   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Recent advances in managing HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]

F1000Research, 2019
The recent development of highly sensitive and specific point-of-care tests has made it possible to diagnose HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis within minutes.
Timothée Boyer-Chammard, Elvis Temfack, Alexandre Alanio, Joseph N. Jarvis, Thomas S. Harrison, Olivier Lortholary   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Management of long-term cryptococcal meningitis neoformans in a surviving patient: A case report

Frontiers in Medicine, 2022
Cryptococcal meningitis is a common fungal infection of the central nervous system with high mortality and disability rates. A prominent clinical manifestation is persistent and severe cranial hypertension, which is one of the most critical outcome ...
Shijun Hu, Tao Liu, Shixiong Huang, Hui Liang   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source