title: New insights in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cryptococcal meningitis.
abstract: Cryptococcal meningitis (CM) remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality among immunocompromised patients, especially in areas of high HIV prevalence, although it can also cause disease in the apparently immunocompetent. Improving the management of HIV-associated CM is important to ensure that patients can survive to benefit from increasing access to ART. In this review we focus on recent advances in prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of CM.
authors: Center for Infectious Diseases, 2nd Floor Bioinformatics, 130 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA. arthurtjackson@gmail.com
authors: Arthur
authors: A
authors: Jackson
authors: Charles
authors: C
authors: van der Horst
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000517:prevention & control; D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology*; D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000008:administration & dosage; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D003906:Developing Countries; D005260:Female; D015725:Fluconazole / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D019586:Intracranial Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D008297:Male; D016919:Meningitis, Cryptococcal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000276:immunology / Q000517:prevention & control; D015995:Prevalence
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D000666:Amphotericin B; D015725:Fluconazole