Prevalence of Cryptococcus gattii in Ugandan HIV-infected patients presenting with cryptococcal meningitis

Cryptococcal meningitis (CM) is a life threatening disease and leading cause of opportunistic fungal-related mortality in HIV/AIDS. Most CM infections are caused by C. neoformans species complexes but the prevalence of Cryptococcus gattii species complexes in Uganda is unknown however, it is known i...

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Veröffentlicht in:	PloS one 2022-07, Vol.17 (7), p.e0270597-e0270597
Hauptverfasser:	Wembabazi, Abel, Nassozi, Dianah Rhoda, Akot, Enid, Ochola, Timothy Isaac, Kweka, Prosper Tom, Katamu, Nelson Tom, Meya, David, Achan, Beatrice
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acquired immune deficiency syndrome Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Adult Agar AIDS Antiretroviral drugs Biology and Life Sciences CD4 antigen Cerebrospinal fluid Clinical isolates Complications and side effects Cryptococcal meningitis Cryptococcosis Cryptococcus Cryptococcus gattii Cryptococcus neoformans Dextrose Diagnosis Disease susceptibility Evaluation Female Frequency analysis Fungal infections Fungi Health aspects Health services Highly active antiretroviral therapy HIV HIV infection Human immunodeficiency virus Humans Infections Infectious diseases Laboratories Lymphocytes Male Medicine and Health Sciences Meningitis Meningitis, Cryptococcal - complications Meningitis, Cryptococcal - diagnosis Meningitis, Cryptococcal - epidemiology Patients People and Places Pigmentation Prevalence Public health Risk factors Uganda - epidemiology Urea Yeasts
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