Cryptococcal Antigen Screening and Treatment: The Current State of Global Screening Programs to Prevent Death from Cryptococcal Infection

Abstract Cryptococcal meningitis (CM) is the leading cause of death among people with AIDS. The World Health Organization issued a conditional recommendation in 2011 for countries to consider serum cryptococcal antigen (CrAg) screening in patients with CD4 count <100 cells/μL in order to identify...
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Autor*in:

Greene, Greg [verfasserIn]

Vallabhaneni, Snigdha

Chung, Jun Ho

Chiller, Tom

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E-Artikel

Sprache:

Englisch

Erschienen:

2015

Schlagwörter:

Cryptococcal disease

Fungal opportunistic infections

Cryptococcal meningitis

Fungal disease screening

Fungal infection

CrAg screening

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© Springer Science+Business Media New York (outside the USA) 2015

Übergeordnetes Werk:

Enthalten in: Current fungal infection reports - Philadelphia, Pa. : Current Medicine Group, 2007, 9(2015), 4 vom: 19. Okt., Seite 259-268

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volume:9 ; year:2015 ; number:4 ; day:19 ; month:10 ; pages:259-268

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DOI / URN:

10.1007/s12281-015-0246-x

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SPR024759252

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