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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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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, Day, Jeremy, T. S. Harrison, J. Day, Loyse, A   +10 more
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Species Distribution and in Vitro Antifungal Susceptibility of Oral Yeast Isolates from Tanzanian HIV-Infected Patients With Primary and Recurrent Oropharyngeal Candidiasis. [PDF]

, 2008
\ud In Tanzania, little is known on the species distribution and antifungal susceptibility profiles of yeast isolates from HIV-infected patients with primary and recurrent oropharyngeal candidiasis.
Rijs Antonius JMM, Mugusi Ferdinand, Simon Elison NM, van der Ven, A.J., Rijs, A.J.M.M, Verweij, P.E., Verweij, P.E, Simon, Elison N M, Matee, Mecky I N, Palenstein Helderman, W.H. van, Moshi, M.J, Van Palenstein Helderman, W.H, Moshi, Mainen J, Rijs, Antonius J M M, Hamza, O.J.M., Wim Helderman, Frans HM Mikx, Simon, E.N.M., Verweij, Paul E, Ferdinand Mugusi, Mugusi, Ferdinand, Hamza, Omar J M, van der Ven André JAM, Antonius JMM Rijs, Mikx, F.H.M., Rijs, A.J.M.M., Elison NM Simon, Ven, A.J.A.M. van der, Mikx Frans HM, Matee Mecky IN, Matee, M.I.N, Simon, E.N., Verweij Paul E, Paul E Verweij, Helderman, W.H.P., Moshi, M.J., Moshi Mainen J, Simon, E.N.M, Helderman, Wim H van Palenstein, André JAM van der Ven, Mecky IN Matee, Mikx, Frans H M, Omar JM Hamza, Mugusi, F., van der Ven, André J A M, Mainen J Moshi, Matee, M.I.N., Mikx, F.H.M, Van der Ven, A.J.A.M, Hamza, O.J.M, Hamza Omar JM, Helderman Wim   +51 more
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Reduced susceptibility to fluconazole in a cat with histoplasmosis

Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery Open Reports, 2017
Case summary An 11-year-old neutered male domestic longhair cat was diagnosed with histoplasmosis from fine-needle aspirates of an abdominal lymph node. Lymph node size initially decreased with fluconazole therapy (11.8 mg/kg PO q12h); however, after 13 ...
Janelle S Renschler, Gary D Norsworthy, Rubie A Rakian, Audrey I Rakian, Lawrence J Wheat, Andrew S Hanzlicek   +5 more
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Fluconazole levels in serum and cerebrospinal fluid according to daily dosage in patients with cryptococcosis and other fungal infections

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2018
Fluconazole is extensively used for the treatment of candidiasis and cryptococcosis. Among other factors, successful treatment is related to appropriate fluconazole levels in blood and cerebrospinal fluid.
Letícia Aparecida Schiave, Erika Nascimento, Fernando Crivelenti Vilar, Tissiana Marques de Haes, Osvaldo Massaiti Takayanagui, Cristiane Masetto de Gaitani, Roberto Martinez   +6 more
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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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Metabolome and Transcriptome Combinatory Profiling Reveals Fluconazole Resistance Mechanisms of Trichosporon asahii and the Role of Farnesol in Fluconazole Tolerance

Microorganisms, 2023
Trichosporon asahii is a basidiomycete yeast that is pathogenic to humans and animals, and fluconazole-resistant strains have recently increased. Farnesol secreted by fungi is a factor that causes variations in fluconazole resistance; however, few ...
Xiaoping Ma, Wanling Yang, Aining Yang, Dong Chen, Chengdong Wang, Shanshan Ling, Sanjie Cao, Zhicai Zuo, Ya Wang, Zhijun Zhong, Guangneng Peng, Ming He, Yu Gu   +12 more
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In vitro activities of antifungal agents alone and in combination against fluconazole-susceptible and -resistant strains of Candida dubliniensis

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2012
In the present study we used two groups of Candida dubliniensis strains: one containing fluconazole-susceptible clinical isolates and another containing fluconazole-resistant laboratory derivative from the former to examine the changes on susceptibility ...
Liliane Alves Scheid, Débora Alves Nunes Mario, Thaís Felli Kubiça, Janio Morais Santurio, Sydney Hartz Alves   +4 more
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A randomized, double-blind study of amorolfine 5% nail lacquer with oral fluconazole compared with oral fluconazole alone in the treatment of fingernail onychomycosis

Indian Journal of Dermatology, 2019
Background: It is a challenge to treat onychomycosis due to frequent treatment failures and relapses. Systemic and topical therapies need to be combined to improve cure rates.
Somodyuti Chandra, Karan Sancheti, Indrashis Podder, Anupam Das, Tushar Kanti Sarkar, Moitreyee Chowdhury, Amrita Sil, Susmita Bhattacharya, Nilay Kanti Das   +8 more
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Molecular Evaluation of the mRNA Expression of the ERG11, ERG3, CgCDR1, and CgSNQ2 Genes Linked to Fluconazole Resistance in Candida glabrata in a Colombian Population

Journal of Fungi
Introduction: The study of Candida glabrata genes associated with fluconazole resistance, from a molecular perspective, increases the understanding of the phenomenon with a view to its clinical applicability.
Leidy Yurany Cárdenas Parra, Ana Elisa Rojas Rodríguez, Jorge Enrique Pérez Cárdenas, Juan Manuel Pérez-Agudelo   +3 more
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