A prospective longitudinal study of the clinical outcomes from cryptococcal meningitis following treatment induction with 800 mg oral fluconazole in Blantyre, Malawi.

A prospective longitudinal study of the clinical outcomes from cryptococcal meningitis following treatment induction with 800 mg oral fluconazole in Blantyre, Malawi.

Cryptococcal meningitis is the most common neurological infection in HIV infected patients in Sub Saharan Africa, where gold standard treatment with intravenous amphotericin B and 5 flucytosine is often unavailable or difficult to administer. Fluconazole monotherapy is frequently recommended in nati...

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Main Authors: Camilla Rothe, Derek J Sloan, Patrick Goodson, Jean Chikafa, Mavuto Mukaka, Brigitte Denis, Tom Harrison, Joep J van Oosterhout, Robert S Heyderman, David G Lalloo, Theresa Allain, Nicholas A Feasey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3696104?pdf=render

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