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Low CD4 count plus coma predicts cryptococcal meningitis in Tanzania [PDF]
BMC Infectious Diseases, 2007 Background Largely due to the lack of diagnostic reagents, the prevalence and clinical presentation of cryptococcal meningitis in Tanzania is poorly understood. This in turn is limiting the impact of increased fluconazole availability.
Mueller Andreas +6 more
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Recent advances in managing HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] [PDF]
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 +5 more
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British Medical Bulletin, 2004 Cryptococcal meningitis is a common opportunistic infection in AIDS patients, particularly in Southeast Asia and Africa. Cases also occur in patients with other forms of immunosupression and in apparently immunocompetent individuals. Mortality from HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis remains high (10-30%), even in developed countries, because of the
Tihana, Bicanic, Thomas S, Harrison
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A Prospective Longitudinal Study of the Clinical Outcomes from Cryptococcal Meningitis following Treatment Induction with 800 mg Oral Fluconazole in Blantyre, Malawi [PDF]
, 2013 Introduction: Cryptococcal meningitis is the most common neurological infection in HIV infected patients in Sub Saharan Africa, where gold standard treatment with intravenous amphotericin B and 5 flucytosine is often unavailable or difficult to ...
A Loyse +41 more
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Case Report: Cryptococcal eosinophilic meningitis in a patient with Hodgkin lymphoma
Frontiers in Neurology, 2022 Cryptococcal meningitis is the most common fungal meningitis in clinical practice. It primarily occurs in immunocompromised people and is typically associated with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. In rare cases, it is associated with Hodgkin
Fang Zhang +4 more
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Journal of International Medical Research, 2021 Objective This study aimed to characterize patients with cryptococcemia and compare the clinical features of cryptococcemia and cryptococcal meningitis. Methods This was a retrospective, case–control study.
Liling Liang +3 more
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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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South African Medical Journal, 2017 Cryptococcal meningitis occurred in an elderly Coloured woman in the Northern Cape. She presented with symptoms and signs suggestive of encephalitis 4 weeks after a cholecystectomy. After the administration of cortisone, cryptococcal organisms were isolated in her cerebrospinal fluid.
van den Ende, E.W. +2 more
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Starting ART following cryptococcal meningitis:The optimal time has yet to be defined
Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine, 2013 Ever since the public sector rollout of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in 2004, the question of the optimal time to start ART following diagnosis of an opportunistic infection has aroused controversy among South African HIV clinicians and researchers.
T A Bicanic +3 more
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Pitfalls associated with the use of molecular diagnostic panels in the diagnosis of cryptococcal meningitis [PDF]
, 2017 We report the case of a kidney transplantation patient on chronic immunosuppressive therapy presenting with subacute meningitis. The final diagnosis of cryptococcal meningitis was delayed due to 2 false-negative cryptococcal results on a molecular ...
Burnham, Carey-Ann +5 more
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