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Feasibility and clinical outcomes of routine point‐of‐care screening for opportunistic infections among people with advanced HIV disease in Guyana

HIV Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Objectives We evaluated the feasibility and outcomes of implementing comprehensive Point‐of‐care (POC) opportunistic infections (OIs) screening among people with Advanced HIV disease (AHD) in Guyana. Methods We conducted a prospective multicentre cohort study across seven sites between February 2024 and March 2025.
Antonio Camiro‐Zúñiga, Tariq Jagnarine, Divya Shivdas, Lakshmi Narain, Kwesi Vanccoten, Kampta Prashad, Abiola Jacobs, Quacy Grant, Mallika Mootoo, Narissa Lawerence, Suzanne Siebs, Escalada Rainier, Omar Sued, Freddy Perez   +13 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.
Annemarie E. Brouwer, Thomas S Harrison, Simwami, SP, Matthew C Fisher, Boekhout, T, Khayhan Kantarawee, Brouwer Annemarie E., Hagen, F, Daniel A Henk, Matthew C. Fisher, Henk Daniel A., Donnelly Christl A., Harrison Thomas S., Fisher Matthew C., David M. Aanensen, Aanensen David M., Annemarie E Brouwer, Aanensen, DM, Christl A Donnelly, Henk, DA, Brouwer, AE, 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 Teun, Harrison, TS, Thomas S. Harrison, David M Aanensen   +36 more
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Epidemiological characterization and prognostic factors in patients with confirmed cerebral cryptococcosis in central Taiwan

Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2015
BackgroundCryptococcal meningitis is a deadly fungal infection. This study aimed to characterize the epidemiology of cerebral cryptococcosis and to define its prognostic factors.MethodsThis cross-sectional study collected clinical information from ...
Chang-Hua Chen, Hiu-Ngar Sy, Li-Jhen Lin, Hua-Cheg Yen, Shao-Hung Wang, Wei-Liang Chen, Yu-Min Chen, Yu-Jun Chang   +7 more
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Severe Pediatric MOGAD‐Associated ADEM With Persistent Neurological Morbidity and Later‐Onset Epilepsy of Uncertain Etiology: A Case Report

Clinical Case Reports, Volume 14, Issue 10, October 2026.
ABSTRACT This report describes a 7‐year‐old boy with MOGAD presenting as severe ADEM with fever, encephalopathy, seizures, markedly elevated intracranial pressure, diffuse multifocal MRI abnormalities, and serum MOG‐IgG positivity. He required intravenous corticosteroids, plasma exchange, IVIG, and tocilizumab, followed by rehabilitation and ...
Desiree‐Anne Ramsaran, Garrett Gianneschi, Janet Elgallab   +2 more
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Performance of cryptococcal antigen lateral flow assay in serum, cerebrospinal fluid, whole blood, and urine in HIV-infected patients with culture-proven cryptococcal meningitis admitted at a Brazilian referral center

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2018
Cryptococcal meningitis is the most common cause of opportunistic meningitis in HIV-infected patients in Brazil and causes unacceptable high mortality rates.
José E. Vidal, Carolina Toniolo, Adriana Paulino, Arnaldo L. Colombo, Marilena dos Anjos Martins, Cristina da Silva Meira, Renata Guise Soares Azevedo, Vera Lucia Pereira-Chioccola, Hélio Rodrigues Gomes, Marcia dos Santos Lazera, Augusto C. Penalva de Oliveira, David R. Boulware   +11 more
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The Epidemiology of Meningitis among Adults in a South African Province with a High HIV Prevalence, 2009-2012. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2016
INTRODUCTION:Meningitis is a major cause of mortality in southern Africa. We aimed to describe the aetiologies and frequencies of laboratory-confirmed fungal and bacterial meningitis among adults in a South African province with an 11% HIV prevalence ...
Erika Britz, Olga Perovic, Claire von Mollendorf, Anne von Gottberg, Samantha Iyaloo, Vanessa Quan, Verushka Chetty, Charlotte Sriruttan, Nazir A Ismail, Ananta Nanoo, Alfred Musekiwa, Carl Reddy, Karien Viljoen, Cheryl Cohen, Nelesh P Govender   +14 more
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Antifungal Dispensing in Denmark: Patterns Across Primary Care, Secondary Care, and Over‐the‐Counter Sectors

APMIS, Volume 134, Issue 10, October 2026.
ABSTRACT Fungal infections pose a significant health burden in Denmark. Increasing global antifungal use and emerging antifungal resistance underscore the need for ongoing characterization of national prescribing trends to inform antifungal stewardship.
Aditya K. Gupta, Elizabeth M. Teasell, Gregory Pellegrino, Vasiliki Economopoulos, Ditte M. L. Saunte   +4 more
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Meningoencephalitis in a Young Immunocompetent Patient

Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports
Cryptococcal meningitis is mainly seen in immunocompromised patients, but in recent years, there has been an increase in cases involving patients with no known immunodeficiencies. These patients have symptomatic presentations that range from indolent and
Michael Ke MD, Neeki Ettefagh, Ahmet Semih Topbas MD, Mehdi Kazemi MD   +3 more
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Molecular diagnosis of cryptococcal meningitis in cerebrospinal fluid: comparison of primer sets for Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii species complex

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2015
Aim: This study evaluated the use of polymerase chain reaction for cryptococcal meningitis diagnosis in clinical samples. Materials and methods: The sensitivity and specificity of the methodology were evaluated using eight Cryptococcus neoformans/C ...
Marilena dos Anjos Martins, Kate Bastos Santos Brighente, Terezinha Aparecida de Matos, Jose Ernesto Vidal, Daise Damaris Carnietto de Hipólito, Vera Lucia Pereira-Chioccola   +5 more
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Fungal Antimicrobial Resistance: Mechanisms, Drivers, and Global Clinical Burden

ChemFoodChem, Volume 2, Issue 3, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Fungal antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing concern for world health caused by an increase in multidrug‐resistant infections, an increase in environmental reservoirs, and the ineffectiveness of current antifungal treatments. Fungal infections continue to be largely excluded from AMR initiatives while causing over 1.6 million deaths ...
Bikash Baral
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