Cryptococcal meningitis

T Bicanic, TS Harrison - British medical bulletin, 2004 - academic.oup.com
… In addition, we have now directly correlated immune parameters at the site of infection in
the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) with survival and the rate of clearance of infection determined by …

Symptomatic cryptococcal antigenemia presenting as early cryptococcal meningitis with negative cerebral spinal fluid analysis

K Ssebambulidde, AS Bangdiwala… - Clinical Infectious …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
cryptococcal meningitis if untreated. The progression and timing from asymptomatic infection
to cryptococcal meningitiscryptococcal antigenemia but negative cerebral spinal fluid (CSF…

Cryptococcal antigen in serum and cerebrospinal fluid for detecting cryptococcal meningitis in adults living with human immunodeficiency virus: systematic review and …

E Temfack, JJB Rim, R Spijker, A Loyse… - Clinical Infectious …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Cryptococcal antigen … cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and CSF fungal culture were done on adults
living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) who had suspected cryptococcal meningitis

Elevated cerebrospinal fluid pressures in patients with cryptococcal meningitis and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

DW Denning, RW Armstrong, BH Lewis… - The American journal of …, 1991 - Elsevier
… We believe that some of the early deaths observed in all series of cryptococcal meningitis
in AIDS may be related to high ICP leading to impaired cerebral circulation. Loss of visual …

Cryptococcal meningitis: diagnostic value of cryptococcal antigen in cerebrospinal fluid

RM Snow, WE Dismukes - Archives of Internal Medicine, 1975 - jamanetwork.com
cryptococcal meningitis, the only labora- … the presence of cryptococcal antigen in the
cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Three additional patients had chronic meningitis and repeatedly negative …

Measurement of cryptococcal antigen in serum and cerebrospinal fluid: value in the management of AIDS-associated cryptococcal meningitis

WG Powderly, GA Cloud, WE Dismukes… - Clinical infectious …, 1994 - academic.oup.com
… of cryptococcal meningitis (P < .001). We conclude that serial monitoring of cryptococcal
studies, has a limited role in the management of AIDS patients with cryptococcal meningitis. …

[HTML][HTML] Cryptococcal meningitis: clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic overviews

P Satishchandra, T Mathew, G Gadre… - Neurology …, 2007 - journals.lww.com
… The cerebrospinal fluid is an ideal site for infection as it lacks complements and immunoglobulins.
An enzyme called phenoloxidase present in C. neoformans is responsible for melanin …

Cryptococcal meningitis: epidemiology, immunology, diagnosis and therapy

PR Williamson, JN Jarvis, AA Panackal… - Nature Reviews …, 2017 - nature.com
cryptococcal meningitis (… Cerebrospinal fluid cytokine profiles predict risk of early mortality
and immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome in HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis

Cryptococcal meningitis

DK Ming, TS Harrison - British Journal of Hospital Medicine, 2017 - magonlinelibrary.com
… Epidemiology and clinical features The environmental fungi Cryptococcus neoformans and
C. gattii are the cause of cryptococcosis. These organisms have a ubiquitous distribution and …

Relationship of cerebrospinal fluid pressure, fungal burden and outcome in patients with cryptococcal meningitis undergoing serial lumbar punctures

T Bicanic, AE Brouwer, G Meintjes, K Rebe… - Aids, 2009 - journals.lww.com
… received ART before 10 weeks from cryptococcal meningitis diagnosis. In South Africa, all …
weeks from cryptococcal meningitis diagnosis. Given the association of cryptococcal immune …