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.

<h4>Introduction</h4>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...

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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:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0067311&type=printable
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