Routine Cryptococcal Antigen Screening in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients: Is it Time to Save Lives and Money?

BACKGROUND: Cryptococcosis affects 1 in 270 solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients with high mortality. In HIV-infected patients, cryptococcal antigen (CRAG) is detectable in blood weeks to months before symptomatic infection and screening is recommended. No screening guidelines exist for SOT recip...

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Autores principales: George, Ige, Rajasingham, Radha, Powderly, William, Boulware, David
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5631690/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx162.128

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5631690/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx162.128

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