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Prevalence of Cryptococcal meningitis among Immunocompetent and immunocompromised Individuals in Bellary, South India – a Prospective Study [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2012
Background and objectives: Cryptococcal meningitis is now the leading cause of community acquired meningitis. It is generally thought to be associated with AIDS individuals.
Kanchan Mahale, Satish Patil, Ravikumar, Nagabhushan, Ramanath Mahale   +4 more
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The clinical profiles and outcomes of HIV-negative cryptococcal meningitis patients in type II diabetes mellitus

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2021
Background The clinical profiles and outcomes of cryptococcal meningitis have been shown to vary depending on the underlying condition. The aim of this study was to investigate clinical characteristics and outcomes in patients with and without type II ...
Hang Li, Xiaojing Li, Lei Zhang, Wenjie Fang, Keming Zhang, Amir Arastehfar, Macit Ilkit, Dongying Hu, Xianzhen Chen, Huiwei Wang, Liyan Ling, Jianjun Lin, Bin Xu, Wanqing Liao, Weihua Pan, Qilong Zhang   +15 more
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Treatment of cryptococcal meningitis in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2010
Cryptococcal meningitis (CM) remains a leading cause of death for HIV-infected individuals in sub-Saharan Africa. Improved treatment strategies are needed if individuals are to benefit from the increasing availability of antiretroviral therapy.
Josephine V J Lightowler, Graham S Cooke, Portia Mutevedzi, Richard J Lessells, Marie-Louise Newell, Martin Dedicoat   +5 more
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Cryptococcal Meningitis in an HIV-Negative Puerperal Woman

Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2021
Cryptococcal meningitis is a common opportunistic infection in HIV-infected patients and other immunocompromised people. Pregnancy, which is a state of relative immunosuppression, can also be a risk factor for the development of cryptococcal meningitis ...
Tomás Robalo Nunes, Helena Pires, Liliana Alves, Ana Guerra, Susana Boavida, Ana Brito, Inês Marques, Nuno Marques   +7 more
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Risk factors and outcomes of cerebrospinal fluid overdrainage in HIV-negative patients with cryptococcal meningitis after the ventriculoperitoneal shunting procedure

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection, 2018
Purpose: Shunt procedures used to treat cryptococcal meningitis complicated with hydrocephalus and/or increased intracranial pressure (IICP) could result in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) overdrainage, thereby presenting therapeutic challenges.
Chih-Wei Hung, Wei-Che Lin, Wen-Neng Chang, Tsung-Ming Su, Chia-Te Kung, Nai-Wen Tsai, Hung-Chen Wang, Chih-Cheng Huang, Ben-Chung Cheng, Yu-Jih Su, Ya-Ting Chang, Chih-Min Su, Sheng-Yuan Hsiao, Cheng-Hsien Lu   +13 more
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Infection control in the brain and the eye

Acta Ophthalmologica, EarlyView.
Abstract The Central Nervous System (CNS), comprising the brain and the eye, is considered to have a ‘privileged’ mechanism for dealing with immunological challenge (immune privilege, IP). CNS IP has been revealed through experiments using foreign protein antigens and cell and tissue alloantigens (grafts), but evidence for a role for IP in modulating ...
John V. Forrester, Paul G. McMenamin, Samantha J. Dando   +2 more
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MRI changes in cryptococcal meningoencephalitis exacerbated by antifungal treatment due to post-infectious inflammatory syndrome: A case report

Radiology Case Reports
Cryptococcal meningitis is one of the most common fungal meningitis in adults and causes disabling morbidity and mortality worldwide. The occurrence of postinfectious inflammatory response syndrome during cryptococcal meningitis treatment presents a ...
Kenji Ohira, Yo Kawarada, Ryoko Iwata, Mitsuo Satake   +3 more
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Symptomatic Cryptococcal Meningitis with Negative Serum and Cerebrospinal Fluid Cryptococcal Antigen Tests

HIV/AIDS: Research and Palliative Care, 2021
Vivien Nanfuka,1,* Mkhoi L Mkhoi,2– 4,* Jane Gakuru,2 Richard Kwizera,2 Joseph Baruch Baluku,5 Felix Bongomin,6,7 David B Meya1,2,6 1Infectious Diseases Unit, Kiruddu National Referral Hospital, Kampala, Uganda; 2Infectious Diseases Institute ...
Nanfuka V, Mkhoi ML, Gakuru J, Kwizera R, Baluku JB, Bongomin F, Meya DB   +6 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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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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