Cryptococcal meningitis

L Tugume, K Ssebambulidde, J Kasibante… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii species complexes cause
meningoencephalitis with high fatality rates and considerable morbidity, particularly in …

Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome in HIV-infected patients

NF Walker, J Scriven, G Meintjes… - HIV/AIDS-Research and …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) is improving worldwide. Immune reconstitution
inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) is a common complication of ART initiation. In this review, we …

Clinical features and serum biomarkers in HIV immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome after cryptococcal meningitis: a prospective cohort study

DR Boulware, DB Meya, TL Bergemann… - PLoS …, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Background Although antiretroviral therapy (ART) improves survival in persons with
cryptococcal meningitis (CM) and AIDS, ART frequently elicits HIV immune reconstitution …

Rapid initiation of antiretroviral therapy for people living with HIV

A Mateo‐Urdiales, S Johnson, R Smith… - Cochrane Database …, 2019 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Despite antiretroviral therapy (ART) being widely available, HIV continues to
cause substantial illness and premature death in low‐and‐middle‐income countries. High …

Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome: the trouble with immunity when you had none

DL Barber, BB Andrade, I Sereti, A Sher - Nature reviews Microbiology, 2012 - nature.com
Some individuals who are infected with HIV rapidly deteriorate shortly after starting
antiretroviral therapy, despite effective viral suppression. This reaction, referred to as …

New insights into HIV/AIDS‐associated cryptococcosis

S Antinori - International Scholarly Research Notices, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Cryptococcal meningitis is a life‐threatening opportunistic fungal infection in both HIV‐
infected and HIV‐uninfected patients. According to the most recent taxonomy, the …

Paradoxical immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome in HIV-infected patients treated with combination antiretroviral therapy after AIDS-defining opportunistic …

CJ Achenbach, RD Harrington… - Clinical infectious …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Background. The incidence of immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) when
antiretroviral therapy (ART) is initiated after an AIDS-defining opportunistic infection (OI) is …

Neurologic complications of HIV-1 infection and its treatment in the era of antiretroviral therapy

SM Kranick, A Nath - CONTINUUM: Lifelong Learning in …, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Abstract Purpose of Review: Neurologic complications of HIV infection are unfortunately
common, even in the era of effective antiretroviral treatment (ART). The consulting …

British HIV Association guidelines for the treatment of HIV-1-positive adults with antiretroviral therapy 2015

D Churchill, L Waters, N Ahmed, B Angus… - HIV …, 2016 - discovery.ucl.ac.uk
The overall purpose of these guidelines is to provide guidance on best clinical practice in
the treatment and management of adults with HIV infection on antiretroviral therapy (ART) …

Blood (1→3)-β-D-Glucan as a Diagnostic Test for HIV-Related Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia

PE Sax, L Komarow, MA Finkelman… - Clinical infectious …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Abstract (See the editorial commentary by Morris and Masur, on pages 203–204.)
Background. Improved noninvasive diagnostic tests for Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia …