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IDSA Treatment Recommendations for Cryptococcal Meningoencephalitis - Induction, Consolidation and Maintenance Therapy

Table 2. Antifungal Treatment Recommendations
IDSA Treatment Recommendations ... Meningoencephalitis ... and Maintenance Therapy ... Antifungal Treatment ... #IDSA #Treatment
IDSA Treatment Recommendations for Cryptococcal Meningoencephalitis in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infected Individuals
Induction therapy:
 • AmBd (0.7–1.0
IDSA Treatment Recommendations ... for Cryptococcal ... Meningoencephalitis ... #Meningoencephalitis ... #IDSA #Treatment
Initiation of ART in HIV patients with Opportunistic Infections
 • Pulmonary TB and CD4 cell count
Initiation of ART in HIV ... regardless of CD4 • Cryptococcal ... of starting OI treatment ... Antiretroviral #Therapy ... Infections #management #infectiousdiseases
IDSA Treatment Recommendations for Cryptococcal Meningoencephalitis in Transplant Recipients
Induction therapy:
 • liposomal AmB (3–4 mg/kg per
IDSA Treatment Recommendations ... for Cryptococcal ... Meningoencephalitis ... #Meningoencephalitis ... #IDSA #Treatment
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
Lymphadenitis, pulmonary ... lymphadenitis, pulmonary ... cavitation • Cryptococcus ... species - Meningoencephalitis ... , hypoxia, and pulmonary
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Cryptococcosis in HIV-AIDS
Treatment for cryptococcosis consists of 3 phases: induction,
IDSA Recommendations ... Cryptococcosis in HIV-AIDS ... Treatment for ... Cryptococcosis #Cryptococcus ... #IDSA #Prevention
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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antiretroviral therapy ... Antimicrobial treatment ... culture positive Cryptococcal ... lesions • CSF cryptococcal ... opportunistic #InfectiousDiseases
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
are caused by members ... SOT, Advanced HIV ... presentations: • Pulmonary ... this morphology Treatment ... #fungal #infectiousdiseases
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Coccidiodomycosis in HIV-AIDS
Treating Mild Infections (Such As Focal Pneumonia or asymptomatic patients
IDSA Recommendations ... Coccidiodomycosis in HIV-AIDS ... Infection (Diffuse Pulmonary ... Coccidiodomycosis #IDSA ... #Prevention #Treatment
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
agent of choice; therapy ... Fluconazole CRYPTOCOCCUS ... level, presence of cryptococcal ... CSF and serum Cryptococcal ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases