title: Fluconazole monotherapy for cryptococcosis in non-AIDS patients.
abstract: Treatment with 200 to 400 mg/day fluconazole was evaluated in 44 patients without AIDS who had cryptococcosis (19 with cryptococcal meningitis, 22 with pulmonary cryptococcosis, 3 with other cryptococcal infections). For all patients, the clinical response rate was 89% (48% were clinically cured and 41% clinically improved). Of the patients with cryptococcal meningitis, 89% were mycologically cured. These rates are comparable to those obtained in the treatment of AIDS patients with cryptococcal disease. In the group of patients with cryptococcal meningitis, there was a high rate of agreement between the mycological response to therapy and cryptococcal antigen test results. The use of cryptococcal antigen testing is recommended in all patients with cryptococcosis.
authors.affiliation: Teikyo University Research Center for Medical Mycology, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ikemoto
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hara
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kohno
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000946:Antigens, Fungal / Q000032:analysis / Q000097:blood; D003453:Cryptococcosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D003455:Cryptococcus neoformans / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D015725:Fluconazole / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D018023:HIV Seronegativity; D006801:Humans; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D016919:Meningitis, Cryptococcal / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D000946:Antigens, Fungal; D015725:Fluconazole