July 27, 2012 (Washington, DC) — Screening for cryptococcal antigen (CRAG) and the use of prophylactic fluconazole in people infected with HIV who have low CD4 T-cell counts is highly cost effective ...

The diagnosis of CM requires a high index of suspicion, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, where there is a reduced standard of medical laboratory facilities and expertise. The role of detailed ...

Meningitis is an infection affecting the membranes that line the skull and spinal cord. Cryptococcal meningitis is a type of meningitis caused by a fungus called Cryptococcus. This type of meningitis ...

A new short course of treatment for HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis is as effective at preventing deaths as the current longer recommended regimen but causes far fewer serious side effects, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Screening for cryptococcal antigen in patients with late-stage HIV initiating ART could identify candidates for ...

A photomicrograph of the Cryptococcus fungus. www.einstein.yu.edu South Africa has launched the world’s largest national screening programme to detect cryptococcal meningitis – an AIDS-defining fungal ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients hospitalized with HIV and low CD4 counts should receive routine cryptococcal antigen testing, according ...

His body wasted from AIDS, Fred Muzaya sat up in his bed on a January morning at Mulago Hospital in Kampala, Uganda, and faintly smiled at a doctor he couldn't see. A former taxi driver, Muzaya, 26, ...

Meningitis is an infection and inflammation of the meninges, which are the membranes that cover the brain and spinal cord. Meningitis can be caused by different germs, including bacteria, fungi, and ...