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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Autores principales: 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.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4692307/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26716103
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofv157

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4692307/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26716103
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofv157

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