Guidelines
Guidelines for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cryptococcosis can be found in the following documents:
- Namibia National ART Guidelines 2014
- Uganda National ART Guidelines 2014
- Rwanda National Comprehensive HIV STD 2013
- Zimbabwe National Guidelines for Antiretroviral Therapy for the Prevention and Treatment of HIV
- NEW Guideline for the prevention, diagnosis and management of cryptococcal meningitis among HIV-infected persons: 2013 updates
- World Health Organization guidelines for the Diagnosis, Prevention, and Management of Cryptococcal Disease in HIV-Infected Adults, Adolescents, and Children
- Infectious Diseases Society of America Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Cryptococcal Disease
- South African Guidelines for the Prevention, Diagnosis, and Management of Cryptococcal Meningitis and Disseminated Cryptococcosis in HIV-infected Patients
Publications
- Perfect J.R., (2013). Efficiently Killing a Sugar-Coated Yeast (Please scroll down to the bottom of the first page to read the article)
- Roy, M. et al. Preventing deaths from cryptococcal meningitis: from bench to bedside. Expert Rev. Anti Infect. Ther. (2011) 9:715.
- Meya, D.B. et al. Cost-effectiveness of serum cryptococcal antigen screening to prevent deaths among HIV-infected persons with a CD4+ cell count ≤100 cells/μl who start HIV therapy in resource-limited settings. Clin. Infect. Dis. (2010) 51:448.
- Rajasingham, R. et al. Integrating cryptococcal antigen screening and pre-emptive treatment into routine HIV care. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. (2012) 59:5.
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