Estimated Prevalence of Cryptococcus Antigenemia (CrAg) among HIV-Infected Adults with Advanced Immunosuppression in Namibia Justifies Routine Screening and Preemptive Treatment

Autor:	Christophine Ndjavera, Gram Mutandi, Souleymane Sawadogo, Francina Kaindjee-Tjituka, Jonathan E. Kaplan, Anne E. Purfield, Andrew D. Maher, Benjamin J. Park, David W. Lowrance, Boniface Makumbi
Rok vydání:	2015
Předmět:	0301 basic medicine Male RNA viruses Antifungal Agents Research Facilities Cross-sectional study medicine.medical_treatment Cryptococcus lcsh:Medicine HIV Infections Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Geographical Locations 0302 clinical medicine Immunodeficiency Viruses Infectious Diseases of the Nervous System Hiv infected Medicine and Health Sciences Mass Screening 030212 general & internal medicine Young adult lcsh:Science Aged 80 and over Multidisciplinary biology Immunosuppression Middle Aged Namibia Cryptococcal Meningitis Infectious Diseases Neurology Medical Microbiology Viral Pathogens Viruses Female Pathogens Cryptococcal meningitis Research Laboratories Research Article Adult medicine.medical_specialty Antigens Fungal Adolescent 030106 microbiology Immunology Viral diseases Research and Analysis Methods Microbiology Immune Suppression 03 medical and health sciences Young Adult Signs and Symptoms Diagnostic Medicine Internal medicine Retroviruses medicine Immune Tolerance Humans Microbial Pathogens Mass screening Aged Routine screening Health Care Policy business.industry lcsh:R Lentivirus Organisms Fungi Biology and Life Sciences HIV biology.organism_classification Health Care Cross-Sectional Studies People and Places Africa lcsh:Q business Screening Guidelines Government Laboratories
Zdroj:	PLoS ONE PLoS ONE, Vol 11, Iss 10, p e0161830 (2016)
ISSN:	1932-6203
Popis:	Background Cryptococcal meningitis is common and associated with high mortality among HIV infected persons. The World Health Organization recommends that routine Cryptococcal antigen (CrAg) screening in ART-naive adults with a CD4+ count
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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