Cryptococcal meningitis

L Tugume, K Ssebambulidde, J Kasibante… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii species complexes cause
meningoencephalitis with high fatality rates and considerable morbidity, particularly in …

Global guideline for the diagnosis and management of cryptococcosis: an initiative of the ECMM and ISHAM in cooperation with the ASM

CC Chang, TS Harrison, TA Bicanic… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2024 - thelancet.com
Cryptococcosis is a major worldwide disseminated invasive fungal infection. Cryptococcosis,
particularly in its most lethal manifestation of cryptococcal meningitis, accounts for …

Cryptococcal Disease in Diverse Hosts

DB Meya, PR Williamson - New England Journal of Medicine, 2024 - Mass Medical Soc
Key Points Cryptococcal Disease in Diverse Hosts Worldwide, cryptococcal meningitis kills
up to 180,000 persons annually and is the most common cause of nonviral meningitis in the …

Consensus guidelines for the diagnosis and management of cryptococcosis and rare yeast infections in the haematology/oncology setting, 2021

CC Chang, V Hall, C Cooper… - Internal Medicine …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Cryptococcosis caused by the Cryptococcus neoformans–Cryptococcus gattii complex is an
important opportunistic infection in people with immunodeficiency, including in the …

Current Epidemiology and Clinical Features of Cryptococcus Infection in Patients Without Human Immunodeficiency Virus: A Multicenter Study in 46 Hospitals in …

J Coussement, CH Heath, MB Roberts… - Clinical Infectious …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Background Patients without human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are increasingly
recognized as being at risk for cryptococcosis. Knowledge of characteristics of …

Dormancy in Cryptococcus neoformans: 60 years of accumulating evidence

A Alanio - The Journal of clinical investigation, 2020 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Cryptococcus neoformans is an opportunistic yeast that is present worldwide and interacts
with various organisms. In humans, it is responsible for cryptococcosis, a deadly invasive …

Neuroimaging of cryptococcal meningitis in patients without human immunodeficiency virus: data from a multi-center cohort study

SH Anjum, JE Bennett, O Dean, KA Marr… - Journal of Fungi, 2023 - mdpi.com
Background: A clearer understanding is needed about the use of brain MRI in non-HIV
patients with cryptococcal meningitis. Methods: Cerebral CT and MRI were studied in 62 …

Outcomes in previously healthy cryptococcal meningoencephalitis patients treated with pulse taper corticosteroids for post-infectious inflammatory syndrome

S Anjum, O Dean, P Kosa, MT Magone… - Clinical Infectious …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background Cryptococcal meningoencephalitis (CM) is a major cause of mortality in
immunosuppressed patients and previously healthy individuals. In the latter, a post …

Treatment recommendations for non-HIV associated cryptococcal meningoencephalitis including management of post-infectious inflammatory response syndrome

K Ssebambulidde, SH Anjum, JC Hargarten… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Cryptococcal meningoencephalitis (CM) continues to cause major morbidity and mortality in
a range of patients such as those immunosuppressed from HIV and with biologic …

Missed opportunities to identify cryptococcosis in COVID-19 patients: a case report and literature review

DB Chastain, AF Henao-Martínez… - Therapeutic …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
SARS-CoV-2 may activate both innate and adaptive immune responses ultimately leading to
a dysregulated immune response prompting the use of immunomodulatory therapy …