Patients with liver diseases, including decompensated cirrhosis, alcohol-associated
hepatitis, and liver transplant recipients are at increased risk of acquiring invasive fungal …

Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) presents as an exaggerated immune
reaction that occurs during dysregulated immune restoration in immunocompromised …

Background Despite expanded access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) and the rollout of the
World Health Organization's (WHO)'test‐and‐treat'strategy, the proportion of people with HIV …

Background Current guidelines support different management of cryptococcosis between
severely immunodeficient and immunocompetent populations. However, few studies have …

Significant diagnostic and treatment advances for TBM and cryptococcal meningitis have yet
to impact overall morbidity and mortality according to recent data. Lack of early diagnosis …

Background Cryptococcal meningitis (CM) remains a leading cause of death in HIV-infected
patients, despite advances in CM diagnostic and therapeutic strategies. This study was …

Objectives Histoplasmosis and cryptococcosis are important public health problems in
people living with HIV (PLHIV) in Central America. Conventional laboratory assays, based …

ABSTRACT A newly developed cryptococcal antigen (CrAg) semiquantitative (SQ) lateral
flow assay (LFA) provides a semiquantitative result in a rapid one-step test instead of …

Cryptococcal meningitis (CM) is an invasive fungal disease that currently poses a threat to
human health worldwide, with high morbidity and mortality, particularly in …

Pulmonary cryptococcosis is a common but underdiagnosed opportunistic fungal infection in
both immunocompromised and immunocompetent patients. The causal agents include at …