Tag Archives: Cryptococcus
Saving lives by routine cryptococcal antigen screening and pre-emptive fluconazole in patients with advanced HIV
Update July 2026 : Guidelines for diagnosing, preventing and managing cryptococcal disease among adults, adolescents and children living with HIV (WHO 2022) Screening for cryptococcal antigen followed by pre-emptive antifungal therapy among cryptococcal antigen–positive people is recommended before ART (re)initiation … Continue reading
Posted in Fungi, Module-CNS infections, Module-Mycology
Tagged Cryptococcus, HIV, Infectious diseases, Meningitis
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Cryptocococcal infection bibliography – PNG and Cambodia
I have assembled bibliographies of Cryptococcal literature relevant to: PNG – Crypto PNG 25Mar22 Pubmed Cambodia – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/collections/58897847/?msg=publicURL Two PNG PhD theses of relevance date from the 1990s – summaries here – the authors published several papers that are within … Continue reading
Module 6: Central nervous system infections- case studies and references
Acute meningitides – CNS infection cases Ferguson 2017 acute Acute bacterial meningitis – new treatment guidelines for PNG – Editorial PNGMJ 2012- Chloramphenicol replaced by ceftriaxone. Acute community-acquired meningitis and encephalitis – review 2002 MJA Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (childhood) in QLD – … Continue reading
Posted in Infectious diseases, Module-CNS infections
Tagged Cryptococcus, Encephalitis, Meningitis
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Microbiology and Infectious Diseases postgraduate teaching (PRIDA) 