Multicenter Cryptococcal Antigen Screening of HIV-Infected Patients in Iran

Autor:	Mehran Shokri, Mostafa Javanian, Mehdi Rabie Rudsari, Mahmood Moosazadeh, Farhang Babamahmoudi, Seyedmojtaba Seyedmousavi, Zainab Bandalizadeh, Tahereh Shokohi, Ali Asghar Sefidgar, Hossein Seyedpor, Mohammad Mehdi Gouya, Nasser Keikha, Roya Ghasemian, Saman Soleimanpour, Masoud Mardani
Rok vydání:	2019
Předmět:	Adult Male medicine.medical_specialty Antigens Fungal Adolescent Cryptococcal antigen Point-of-Care Systems HIV Infections Biology Iran Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Microbiology Asymptomatic 03 medical and health sciences Young Adult Antigen Internal medicine medicine Prevalence Hiv infected patients Humans Mass Screening Prospective Studies Young adult Prospective cohort study Child Mass screening 030304 developmental biology 0303 health sciences AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections 030306 microbiology General Medicine Cryptococcosis Middle Aged CD4 Lymphocyte Count Cryptococcus Cohort Female medicine.symptom
Zdroj:	Current microbiology. 77(8)
ISSN:	1432-0991
Popis:	Early diagnosis and targeted preemptive antifungal treatment are crucial in reducing cryptococcal meningitis (CM)-related mortality in individuals living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The present study was performed to determine cryptococcal antigenemia and outcomes among HIV-infected patients in Iran. This multicenter prospective study was conducted between October 2016 and December 2018. For the purpose of the study, blood samples were randomly collected from 177 profoundly immunosuppressed (CD4+ counts
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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