Pathways to care and outcomes among hospitalised HIV-seropositive persons with cryptococcal meningitis in South Africa.

Pathways to care and outcomes among hospitalised HIV-seropositive persons with cryptococcal meningitis in South Africa.

INTRODUCTION:Cryptococcus causes 15% of AIDS-related deaths and in South Africa, with its high HIV burden, is the dominant cause of adult meningitis. Cryptococcal meningitis (CM) mortality is high, partly because patients enter care with advanced HIV disease and because of failure of integrated care...

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Main Authors: Vanessa Quan, Sandra Toro-Silva, Charlotte Sriruttan, Verushka Chetty, Violet Chihota, Sophie Candfield, Anna Vassall, Alison D Grant, Nelesh P Govender, for GERMS-SA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0225742

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