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

, 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, Day, Jeremy, T. S. Harrison, J. Day, Loyse, A   +10 more
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Cryptococcus gattii infection in an immunocompetent host in Greece

Medical Mycology Case Reports, 2020
We report a case of a 31-year-old otherwise healthy female with pulmonary cryptococcoma along with cryptococcal meningitis due to Cryptococcus gattii molecular type VGI, in Greece.
Marina Andreou, Massimo Cogliati, Fevronia Kolonitsiou, Charalampos Stroumpos, Vasiliki Stamouli, Panagiota Ravazoula, Dimitrios Siagris, Helen Papadogeorgaki, Myrto Christofidou, Alexandra Lekkou   +9 more
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Disseminated Cryptococcosis under Fingolimod Therapy

JDDG: Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft, EarlyView.
Sven C. Engler, Morna F. Schmidt, Ana Ortins‐Pina, David Kluwig, Amir S. Yazdi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pulmonary Cryptococcal Infection Complicating Gefitinib Therapy in a Patient With EGFR L858R‐Positive Lung Adenocarcinoma: A Case Report

Clinical Case Reports, Volume 14, Issue 5, May 2026.
ABSTRACT In patients with EGFR‐mutant lung adenocarcinoma receiving gefitinib or other EGFR‐TKIs, the development of new pulmonary nodules should not be hastily attributed to disease progression; secondary pulmonary cryptococcosis should be considered in the differential diagnosis.
Yun Wang, Qianyu Wang, Jiangrong Liao, Yuxiang Zhou, Fang Yang, Gui feng Li, Chunyan Wu, Ting Jiang   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Non-acquired immunodeficiency syndrome-related cryptococcal meningitis with recurrent acute stroke: A case report

Journal of International Medical Research
Cryptococcal meningitis has been reported to be primarily associated with human immunodeficiency virus infection. Herein, we report the case of a male patient in China with recurrent acute stroke as the first clinical manifestation, followed by several ...
Bijun Ye, Jian Wu, Yinhong Qiu, Weiqiang Fan, Jiating Xu, Yiping Tang   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Emerging concepts in HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis. [PDF]

, 2019
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis remains a significant contributor to AIDS-related mortality despite widened access to antiretroviral therapy. Even in clinical trial settings 10-week mortality is roughly 40%.
Lawrence, David,, Jarvis, Joseph, N, Jarvis, Joseph,, Lawrence, David S, Boyer-Chammard, Timothée, Jarvis, Joseph N, Lawrence, David, S   +6 more
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The Potential Role of Verapamil Against Fluconazole‐Induced Torsade de Pointes: A Critical Review

Health Science Reports, Volume 9, Issue 5, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Background and Aims Fluconazole (FZL) is a broad‐spectrum antifungal drug associated with certain serious adverse effects such as polymorphic ventricular arrhythmia due to QT prolongation. Torsade de Pointes (TdP) is a unique type of polymorphic ventricular arrhythmia due to QT prolongation.
Noha E. Abdel‐Razik, Hayder M. Al‐Kuraishy, Ali I. Al‐Gareeb, Maryam Magdy Soliman, Athanasios Alexiou, Marios Papadakis, Mubarak Aluwaili, Gaber El‐Saber Batiha   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

HIV–associated Cryptococcal Meningitis

, 2018
The DREAMM education programme and all related training materials are intended for health care workers (HCWs) based/working in low and middle income countries (LMICs) across Africa. The DREAMM education programme aims to increase the knowledge of HCWs to
Saulos Nyirenda (11927083), Charles Kouanfack (117476), Anne-Marie Reid (12474506), Angela Loyse (292490), Muirgen Stack (4396471), Cecilia Kanyama (504116), Aude Sturny Leclere (6028591), Timothée Boyer-chammard (6028590), Olivier Lortholary (69522), Sokoine L. Kivuyo (8918000), Lauriane Fomete Nome (12474503), Tom Harrison (6029911), Sayoki G. Mfinanga (13922038)   +12 more
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Fine needle aspiration diagnosis of cryptococcal lymphadenitis: A window of opportunity

Journal of Cytology, 2008
Cryptococcal meningitis is the most common, life-threatening, opportunistic, fungal disease in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected individuals.
Suchitha S, Sheeladevi C, Sunila R, Manjunath G   +3 more
doaj  

The diagnostic role of elevated serum cryptococcal antigen titers in patients with suspected cryptococcal meningitis when lumbar puncture is contraindicated: A case report

Medical Mycology Case Reports
Cryptococcal meningitis is one of the major causes of death in sub-Saharan Africa among individuals with advanced HIV, and it is typically diagnosed through lumbar puncture (LP).
Asmus Tukundane, Richard Kwizera, Lillian Tugume, Jayne Ellis, David R. Boulware, David B. Meya   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source