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A Systematic Review of Cases of Meningitis in the Absence of Cerebrospinal Fluid Pleocytosis on Lumbar Puncture [PDF]

, 2019
Background: Definitive diagnosis of meningitis is made by analysis of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) culture or polymerase chain reaction (PCR) obtained from a lumbar puncture (LP), which may take days.
Pettigrew, Alexis, Troendle, Michelle
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Cryptococcus neoformans meningitis with negative cryptococcal antigen: Evaluation of a new immunochromatographic detection assay

New Microbes and New Infections, 2015
Detection of cryptococcal antigen in serum or cerebrospinal fluid allows cryptococcal meningitis diagnosis within few hours with >90% sensitivity.
O. Opota, B. Desgraz, A. Kenfak, K. Jaton, M. Cavassini, G. Greub, G. Prod'hom, S. Giulieri   +7 more
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Reproducibility of CSF quantitative culture methods for estimating rate of clearance in cryptococcal meningitis. [PDF]

, 2016
Quantitative cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) cultures provide a measure of disease severity in cryptococcal meningitis. The fungal clearance rate by quantitative cultures has become a primary endpoint for phase II clinical trials.
Akampurira, A, ASTRO-CM Trial Team, Bahr, NC, Bicanic, T, Boulware, DR, Dyal, J, Kiggundu, R, Larsen, RA, Meya, DB, Morawski, BM, Musubire, AK, Nabeta, HW, Rhein, J, Williams, DA   +13 more
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A fatal case of meningitis caused by Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii in an immunocompetent male

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2010
The incidence of cryptococcal infection is high in developing countries such as India. Cryptococcal meningitis is considered rare in immunocompetent patients and is mainly a disease of immunocompromised patients. Prognosis in immunocompetent patients is
Prashant Gupta, Shruti Malik, Vineeta Khare, Gopa Banerjee, Anurag Mehrotra, Sanjay Mehrotra, Mastan Singh   +6 more
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Very Low Levels of 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Are Not Associated With Immunologic Changes or Clinical Outcome in South African Patients With HIV-Associated Cryptococcal Meningitis [PDF]

, 2014
Background. Vitamin D deficiency is associated with impaired immune responses and increased susceptibility to a number of intracellular pathogens in individuals infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). It is not known whether such an association
A. Loyse, Brouwer, C. H. Roberts, Campbell, G. Meintjes, Gutierrez, Hewison, Holick, J. N. Jarvis, J. R. Perfect, Jarvis, Jarvis, Jarvis, Khoo, Kreindler, L. Hogan, Liu, Martineau, N. P. Govender, Park, Rockett, S. Shoham, Selvaraj, Siddiqui, T. Bicanic, T. S. Harrison   +25 more
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Involvement of People Living with HIV/AIDS in Treatment Preparedness in Thailand [PDF]

, 2004
Perspective and Practice in Antiretroviral Treatment: Case ...
Kumphitak, A, Praemchaiporn, J, Tapa, S, Tienudom, N, Wilson, D   +4 more
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Integrating tuberculosis and HIV services in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review.

, 2012
OBJECTIVES: Given the imperative to scale up integrated tuberculosis (TB) and HIV services in settings where both are of major public health importance, we aimed to synthesise knowledge concerning implementation of TB/HIV service integration.
Atun, Briggs, Dixon-Woods, Dong, Gandhi, Gunneberg, Harris, Hausler, Laserson, Levin, Maher, Martinot, Micek, Miti, Moher, Ramachandran, Shakarishvilli, Shetty, Shrestha, Ssemafumu, Sutton, Terris-Prestholt, The World Bank Group, Thomas, USAID, Uyei, Van Rie, Vassall, Vijay, Wandwalo, WHO, WHO, WHO, WHO, WHO, WHO, Zachariah   +36 more
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Cellular immune activation in cerebrospinal fluid from ugandans with cryptococcal meningitis and immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome. [PDF]

, 2014
BACKGROUND: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-associated cryptococcal meningitis (CM) is characterized by high fungal burden and limited leukocyte trafficking to cerebrospinal fluid (CSF).
Bohjanen, Paul R, Boulware, David R, Cose, Steve, Eller, Michael A, Janoff, Edward N, Joloba, Moses, Kambugu, Andrew, Kelsey, Melander, Manabe, Yuka C, Mayanja-Kizza, Harriet, Meya, David B, Naluyima, Prossy, Okurut, Samuel, Palmer, Brent E, Rolfes, Melissa A, Wahl, Sharon M, Zziwa, Godfrey   +16 more
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High dose fluconazole in salvage therapy for HIV-uninfected cryptococcal meningitis. [PDF]

, 2018
BACKGROUND: The 2010 Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) guidelines for management of cryptococcal diseases recommend high dose fluconazole (≥ 800 mg/day), either alone or with other antifungal drugs, as alternative anticryptococcal choices ...
A Loyse, AJ Berry, BH Segal, C Rothe, CH Liao, DA Stevens, E Milefchik, EJ Anaissie, F Menichetti, HS Rehan, Hua-Zhen Zhao, JC Nussbaum, JE Bennett, Jia-Hui Cheng, JN Day, JR Perfect, JR Perfect, KM Gaskell, Li-Ping Huang, Li-Ping Zhu, Ling-Hong Zhou, LP Zhu, M Cogliati, MA Rolfes, MG Netea, MH Nguyen, MN Gamaletsou, MS Saag, N Longley, NE Nierenberg, P Mootsikapun, P Pappas, P Pitisuttithum, PG Pappas, PG Pappas, PG Pappas, R Rajasingham, RD Diamond, RH Haubrich, Rui-Ying Wang, Thomas Stephen Harrison, TJ Walsh, V Pyrgos, WE Dismukes, Xuan Wang, Ying-Kui Jiang   +45 more
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Strategies to improve patient retention on antiretroviral therapy in sub-Saharan Africa. [PDF]

, 2010
The scale-up of antiretroviral therapy (ART) has been one of the success stories of sub-Saharan Africa, where coverage has increased from about 2% in 2003 to more than 40% 5 years later.
Harries, Anthony D, Lawn, Stephen D, Rosen, Sydney, Zachariah, Rony   +3 more
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