Cerebrospinal Fluid Culture Positivity and Clinical Outcomes After Amphotericin-Based Induction Therapy for Cryptococcal Meningitis

Background. Amphotericin-based combination antifungal therapy reduces mortality from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-associated cryptococcal meningitis. However, 40%–50% of individuals have positive cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) fungal cultures at completion of 2 weeks of amphotericin induction thera...

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Publié dans:Open Forum Infect Dis
Auteurs principaux: Rolfes, Melissa A., Rhein, Joshua, Schutz, Charlotte, Taseera, Kabanda, Nabeta, Henry W., Huppler Hullsiek, Kathy, Akampuira, Andrew, Rajasingham, Radha, Musubire, Abdu, Williams, Darlisha A., Thienemann, Friedrich, Bohjanen, Paul R., Muzoora, Conrad, Meintjes, Graeme, Meya, David B., Boulware, David R.
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Langue:Inglês
Publié: Oxford University Press 2015
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Accès en ligne:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4692307/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26716103
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofv157
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