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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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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, T. S. Harrison, J. Day, Loyse, A   +9 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
doaj  

Cannabis‐Based Oil for Pain and Other Non‐Motor Symptoms in Parkinson's Disease: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Movement Disorders, EarlyView.
Abstract Background There is a lack of treatments for non‐motor symptoms (NMS) in Parkinson's disease (PD). Objective To assess the safety and effectiveness of an oral Cannabis sativa L. extract on pain and other NMS of PD. Methods This phase II, randomized, placebo‐controlled trial evaluated a formulation containing cannabidiol (CBD; 96 mg/ml) and Δ9 ...
Gabriel T. Kubota, Jacy B. Parmera, Matheus Deltreggia, Pedro N. Martins, Anna Letícia M. Alves, Ananda C.M. de Falcone, Ana Rosa Santana, Maria Alice P. Falcão, Mayara A. Dias, Larissa I. Moreira, Paulo C. de Fonseca Filho, Eberval G. Figueiredo, Egberto R. Barbosa, Rubens G. Cury, Daniel C. de Andrade   +14 more
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Tamoxifen boosted antifungal therapy for cryptococcal meningitis [PDF]

, 2022
Central nervous system infections are of an important focus for clinical research, especially in tropical settings such as Vietnam. Of particular concern is cryptococcal meningitis, a leading cause of death particularly in HIV patients.
Nguyễn Thị Thủy Ngân
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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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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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A nomogram to predict cryptococcal meningitis in patients with pulmonary cryptococcosis

Heliyon
Background: The most serious manifestation of pulmonary cryptococcosis is complicated with cryptococcal meningitis, while its clinical manifestations lack specificity with delayed diagnosis and high mortality.
Xiaoli Tan, Min Deng, Zhixian Fang, Qi Yang, Ming Zhang, Jiasheng Wu, Wenyu Chen   +6 more
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Recent advances in managing HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]

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, Elvis Temfack, Alexandre Alanio, Joseph N. Jarvis, Thomas S. Harrison, Olivier Lortholary   +5 more
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Feasibility and clinical outcomes of routine point‐of‐care screening for opportunistic infections among people with advanced HIV disease in Guyana

HIV Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Objectives We evaluated the feasibility and outcomes of implementing comprehensive Point‐of‐care (POC) opportunistic infections (OIs) screening among people with Advanced HIV disease (AHD) in Guyana. Methods We conducted a prospective multicentre cohort study across seven sites between February 2024 and March 2025.
Antonio Camiro‐Zúñiga, Tariq Jagnarine, Divya Shivdas, Lakshmi Narain, Kwesi Vanccoten, Kampta Prashad, Abiola Jacobs, Quacy Grant, Mallika Mootoo, Narissa Lawerence, Suzanne Siebs, Escalada Rainier, Omar Sued, Freddy Perez   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source