Establishing a cost-per-result of laboratory-based, reflex Cryptococcal antigenaemia screening (CrAg) in HIV+ patients with CD4 counts less than 100 cells/μl using a Lateral Flow Assay (LFA) at a typical busy CD4 laboratory in South Africa

INTRODUCTION: Cryptococcal meningitis is a major cause of mortality and morbidity in countries with high HIV prevalence, primarily affecting patients whose CD4 are < = 100 cells/μl. Routine Cryptococcal Antigen (CrAg) screening is thus recommended in the South African HIV treatment guidelines for...

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Autores principales: Cassim, Naseem, Schnippel, Kathryn, Coetzee, Lindi Marie, Glencross, Deborah Kim
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5293213/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28166254
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0171675

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5293213/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28166254
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0171675

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