Abstract

We report 5 HIV-infected Ugandan adults with cryptococcal and tuberculous (TB) meningitis co-infection. All unmasked meningitis occurred within 5 weeks of starting HIV therapy. Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra facilitated prompt diagnosis; however, 60% in-hospital mortality occurred. TB meningitis coinfection prevalence was 0.8% (5/586) among cryptococcal meningitis, 2 during second cryptococcal episodes.

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Title
Cryptococcal Meningitis and Tuberculous Meningitis Co-infection in HIV-Infected Ugandan Adults
Author
Ellis, Jayne 1 ; Cresswell, Fiona V 2 ; Rhein, Joshua 3 ; Ssebambulidde, Kenneth 4 ; Boulware, David R 5 

 Infectious Diseases Institute, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University Kampala, Kampala, Uganda; Hospital for Tropical Diseases, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom 
 Infectious Diseases Institute, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University Kampala, Kampala, Uganda; Clinical Research Department, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, United Kingdom 
 Infectious Diseases Institute, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University Kampala, Kampala, Uganda; Division of Infectious Diseases and International Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 
 Infectious Diseases Institute, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University Kampala, Kampala, Uganda 
 Division of Infectious Diseases and International Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 
Publication year
2018
Publication date
Aug 2018
Publisher
Oxford University Press
e-ISSN
23288957
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
3171062187
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2018. 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.