Relationship of cerebrospinal fluid pressure, fungal burden and outcome in patients with cryptococcal meningitis undergoing serial lumbar punctures

• Main Authors: Tihana Bicanic, Annemarie E. Brouwer, Graeme Meintjes, Kevin Rebe, Direk Limmathurotsakur, Wirongrong Chierakul, Praprit Teparrakkul, Angela Loyse, Nicholas J. White, Robin Wood, Shabbar Jaffar, Thomas Harrison
• 其他作者: University of Cape Town
• 格式: Article
• 出版: 2018
• 主題: Immunology and Microbiology; Medicine
• 在線閱讀: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/27727
• 機構: Mahidol University

Objectives: To assess impact of serial lumbar punctures on association between cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) opening pressure and prognosis in HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis; to explore time course and relationship of opening pressure with neurological findings, CSF fungal burden, immune respons...