Abstract

Treatment of cryptococcosis requires deferred initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART). Early ART initiation may be detrimental in the context of cryptococcal infection by increasing the risk of immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS). We present 3 cases where early ART initiation in the presence of unrecognized cryptococcal disease had fatal outcomes.

Details

Title
Cryptococcal Disease in the Era of “Test and Treat”: Is There Cause for Concern?
Author
Abassi, Mahsa 1 ; Rhein, Joshua 1 ; Meya, David B 2 ; Boulware, David R 3 

 Infectious Diseases Institute, Kampala, Uganda; University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 
 Infectious Diseases Institute, Kampala, Uganda; University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota; School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda 
 University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 
Publication year
2018
Publication date
Jan 2018
Publisher
Oxford University Press
e-ISSN
23288957
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
3170955828
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2017. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Infectious Diseases Society of America. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.