Cryptococcal antigenemia and its predictors among HIV infected patients in resource limited settings: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cryptococcosis is an opportunistic fungal infection that primarily affects people with advanced HIV/AIDS and is an important cause of morbidity and mortality around the globe. By far the most common presentation of the disease is cryptococcal meningitis (CM), which leads to an estimated 15-20% of all HIV related deaths worldwide, 75% of which are in sub-Saharan Africa. However, to the best of our knowledge there is quite limited reviewed data on the epidemiology of cryptococcal antigenemia in a large HIV-infected population in resource limited settings.

Methods

Articles published in English irrespective of the time of publication were systematically searched using comprehensive search strings from PubMed/Medline and SCOPUS. In addition, Google Scholar and Google d

SUBMITTER: Derbie A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7291525 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature