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flucytosine and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

flucytosine has been researched along with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome in 55 studies

Flucytosine: A fluorinated cytosine analog that is used as an antifungal agent.
flucytosine : An organofluorine compound that is cytosine that is substituted at position 5 by a fluorine. A prodrug for the antifungal 5-fluorouracil, it is used for the treatment of systemic fungal infections.

Research Excerpts

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" The aim of this study has been to evaluate the role, therapeutic efficacy, and the cost-benefit ratio of two antifungal drugs, fluconazole and flucytosine, compared with a placebo, in the treatment of endoscopically-diagnosed esophageal candidiasis in patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)."9.08Fluconazole vs. flucytosine in the treatment of esophageal candidiasis in AIDS patients: a double-blind, placebo-controlled study. ( Barbarini, G; Barbaro, G; Di Lorenzo, G, 1995)
"To compare the efficacy of fluconazole with amphotericin B plus flucytosine in the treatment of cryptococcal meningitis."9.06Fluconazole compared with amphotericin B plus flucytosine for cryptococcal meningitis in AIDS. A randomized trial. ( Chan, LS; Larsen, RA; Leal, MA, 1990)
" Cryptococcal meningitis is a common life-threatening infection in AIDS patients, usually treated with amphotericin B, often in combination with flucytosine."7.68Cost implications of alternative treatments for AIDS patients with cryptococcal meningitis. Comparison of fluconazole and amphotericin B-based therapies. ( Buxton, MJ; Dubois, DJ; Robinson, PA; Sculpher, MJ; Searcy, C; Turner, RR, 1991)
"In patients with AIDS, silent persistent infection is common after clinically successful treatment for cryptococcal meningitis."6.67A placebo-controlled trial of maintenance therapy with fluconazole after treatment of cryptococcal meningitis in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. California Collaborative Treatment Group. ( Bozzette, SA; Chiu, J; Gilbert, G; Jacobsen, J; Larsen, RA; Leal, MA; McCutchan, JA; Robinson, P; Rothman, P; Tilles, J, 1991)
" The aim of this study has been to evaluate the role, therapeutic efficacy, and the cost-benefit ratio of two antifungal drugs, fluconazole and flucytosine, compared with a placebo, in the treatment of endoscopically-diagnosed esophageal candidiasis in patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)."5.08Fluconazole vs. flucytosine in the treatment of esophageal candidiasis in AIDS patients: a double-blind, placebo-controlled study. ( Barbarini, G; Barbaro, G; Di Lorenzo, G, 1995)
"To compare the efficacy of fluconazole with amphotericin B plus flucytosine in the treatment of cryptococcal meningitis."5.06Fluconazole compared with amphotericin B plus flucytosine for cryptococcal meningitis in AIDS. A randomized trial. ( Chan, LS; Larsen, RA; Leal, MA, 1990)
"Three patients with AIDS in whom multifocal choroiditis and choroidal lesions were the initial signs of disseminated cryptococcosis were treated with systemic amphotericin B and flucytosine."3.69Presumed multifocal cryptococcol choroidopathy prior to specific systemic manifestation. ( Dugel, PU; Kolahdouz-Isfahani, A; Rao, NA; Rostomian, K; Smith, RE; Thach, AB, 1997)
" She was treated with amphotericin B and flucytosine with some improvement, but on the 9th day she awoke with headache, drowsiness, and total blindness, although no papilledema."3.68Raised intracranial pressure and visual complications in AIDS patients with cryptococcal meningitis. ( Ash, S; Cohen, J; Corbett, EL; Foster, O; Johnston, SR, 1992)
" Cryptococcal meningitis is a common life-threatening infection in AIDS patients, usually treated with amphotericin B, often in combination with flucytosine."3.68Cost implications of alternative treatments for AIDS patients with cryptococcal meningitis. Comparison of fluconazole and amphotericin B-based therapies. ( Buxton, MJ; Dubois, DJ; Robinson, PA; Sculpher, MJ; Searcy, C; Turner, RR, 1991)
" We examined four issues: the efficacy of treatment with amphotericin plus flucytosine as compared with amphotericin alone, the efficacy of suppressive therapy, the prognostic clinical characteristics, and the course of nonmeningeal cryptococcosis."3.67Infections with Cryptococcus neoformans in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. ( Chuck, SL; Sande, MA, 1989)
"Cryptococcus neoformans strains from 26 individual patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and three isolates from patients without AIDS were tested for their susceptibility to amphotericin B, flucytosine, ketoconazole, and miconazole nitrate."3.67In vitro susceptibility of Cryptococcus neoformans isolates from patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. ( Bottone, EJ; Cronin, DC; Poon, M; Wormser, GP, 1988)
" With the exception of a higher incidence of gastrointestinal side effects in the 2000mg cohort, both induction doses of FCZ were safe and well tolerated."3.30Higher Dose Oral Fluconazole for the Treatment of AIDS-related Cryptococcal Meningitis (HIFLAC)-report of A5225, a multicentre, phase I/II, two-stage, dose-finding, safety, tolerability and efficacy randomised, amphotericin B-controlled trial of the AIDS ( Aberg, JA; Badal-Faesen, S; Bukuru, A; Clifford, DB; Hogg, E; Komarow, L; Lagat, D; Lalloo, UG; Langat, D; Larsen, RA; Mave, V; McKhann, A; Pillay, S; Samaneka, W; Supparatpinyo, K; Ticona, E, 2023)
"In patients with AIDS, silent persistent infection is common after clinically successful treatment for cryptococcal meningitis."2.67A placebo-controlled trial of maintenance therapy with fluconazole after treatment of cryptococcal meningitis in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. California Collaborative Treatment Group. ( Bozzette, SA; Chiu, J; Gilbert, G; Jacobsen, J; Larsen, RA; Leal, MA; McCutchan, JA; Robinson, P; Rothman, P; Tilles, J, 1991)
"Cryptococcosis is currently the most common life threatening mycoses found in patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)."2.38Overview: cryptococcosis in the patient with AIDS. ( Sugar, AM, 1991)
"Cryptococcosis is the most common life-threatening mycosis with AIDS."2.38[Cryptococcosis in AIDS: therapeutic concepts]. ( Ruf, B, 1990)
"Treatment of cryptococcal meningitis in patients with AIDS with amphotericin B plus flucytosine is associated with a failure rate of 20%-30%."2.38Therapy for cryptococcal meningitis in patients with AIDS. ( Powderly, WG, 1992)
"Systemic fungal infections are life-threatening diseases that are occurring with increasing frequency, especially in immunocompromised patients."2.37Recent advances in the treatment of systemic fungal infections. ( Walsh, TJ, 1987)
"He had multiple prior episodes of cryptococcal meningitis with complications necessitating ventriculoperitoneal shunt placement and was on suppressive fluconazole when he developed worsening brain manifestations."1.56Case Report: A Case of Severe Cryptococcal Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome Presenting with Brain and Intradural Abscesses in an HIV Patient. ( Jeng, A; Kalinoski, T; Malenfant, J; Yim, C, 2020)
"Despite evidence of unresolved cryptococcal meningitis, each patient underwent implantation of a VP shunt without complication and was discharged on lifetime fluconazole therapy."1.33The use of ventriculoperitoneal shunts for uncontrollable intracranial hypertension without ventriculomegally secondary to HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis. ( McGirt, MJ; Rigamonti, D; Williams, MA; Woodworth, GF, 2005)
"The incidence of cryptococcal meningitis was increasing in the recent 5 years."1.31[A clinical study of 26 cases of cryptococcal meningitis]. ( Li, T; Liu, Z; Qin, S; Sheng, R; Wang, A, 2002)
"The isolates were from AIDS patients who had either died or had failed to show a clinical response during amphotericin B (AMB) treatment."1.31In vitro susceptibility studies of Cryptococcus neoformans isolated from patients with no clinical response to amphotericin B therapy. ( Cahn, P; Canteros, C; Córdoba, S; Davel, G; Guelfand, L; Hochenfellner, F; Kaufman, S; Rodero, L, 2000)
"neoformans from 120 Ugandan AIDS patients with cryptococcal meningitis by analyzing their electrophoretic karyotypes and antifungal susceptibility profiles."1.30Molecular epidemiology and antifungal susceptibility of Cryptococcus neoformans isolates from Ugandan AIDS patients. ( Ghannoum, M; Jessup, C; Mbidde, E; Messer, S; Pfaller, M; Tumberland, M; Zhang, J, 1998)
"Eighteen consecutive AIDS patients with a first episode of cryptococcal meningitis were enrolled in the study to evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of amphotericin B with or without flucytosine followed by fluconazole as primary therapy for cryptococcal meningitis in patients with AIDS."1.29Amphotericin B with or without flucytosine followed by fluconazole as primary therapy for cryptococcal meningitis in patients with AIDS. ( Jaruratanasirikul, S, 1996)
"albicans isolated from 24 patients with AIDS was compared with Candida isolated from 23 healthy adults."1.28Candida albicans in patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: absence of a novel of hypervirulent strain. ( Kirsch, DR; Kwon-Chung, KJ; Smith, PD; Wahl, SM; Whelan, WL, 1990)
" Because amphotericin B nephrotoxicity was suspected, further intravenous administration was stopped after a cumulative dosage of 2 g."1.28[Cryptococcal meningitis in AIDS: successful long-term prophylaxis with fluconazole]. ( Glück, T; Weber, P; Wiedmann, KH, 1991)
"Fluconazole has shown effectiveness in maintenance therapy, being not be possible to evaluate it as an acute phase therapy because the low number of cases in which it was studied."1.28[Cryptococcosis in AIDS patients: a study of 19 cases]. ( Adrados de Llano, M; García Aguado, C; Gazapo Carretero, E; González Lahoz, JM; Martínez Blanco, ML; Verdejo Ortes, J, 1992)
"Patients with AIDS were younger and predominantly male; they had a shorter duration of prior illness, higher initial serum cryptococcal antigen titers, and lower initial cerebrospinal fluid white blood cell counts than those with neoplastic disease."1.28Cryptococcal meningitis: outcome in patients with AIDS and patients with neoplastic disease. ( Armstrong, D; Blevins, A; Cirrincione, C; White, M, 1992)
"All patients have an AIDS."1.28[Cryptococcosis in Bujumbura, Burundi. Apropos of 80 observed cases in 42 months]. ( Deppner, M; Dupont, B; Floch, JJ; Goasguen, J; Kadende, P; Laroche, R; Saunière, JF, 1990)
"Fungal infections have become one of the major causes of death among immunocompromised patients, particularly patients with AIDS."1.28Treating systemic fungal infections in AIDS patients. Prolonging life against the odds. ( Scheld, WM, 1990)
"Two patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome presented with headaches and fevers."1.28Cryptococcal choroiditis. ( Carney, MD; Combs, JL; Waschler, W, 1990)
"Cryptococcosis is more frequently observed since the appearance of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)."1.28[Cryptococcosis: presentation of 26 cases]. ( Azón, A; Gatell, JM; González-Clemente, JM; Mallolas, J; Mensa, J; Miró, JM; Moreno, A; Pedrol, E; Soriano, E, 1992)
"Treatment with amphotericin B and flucytosine was very effective, there being no more growth of fungi in cultures in most cases."1.28Cryptococcosis in AIDS patients: observations concerning CNS involvement. ( de Matos-Marques, B; Pohle, HD; Rögler, G; Seibold, M; Sixt, C; Staib, F; Weinke, T, 1989)
"In two AIDS patients (homosexual men) microscopical demonstration of Cryptococcus neoformans in samples obtained by puncture of the liver (n = 1) and additionally of the spleen (n = 1) led to the diagnosis of systemic cryptococcosis."1.27[Disseminated cryptococcosis in 2 AIDS patients. A contribution to cryptococcosis diagnosis in AIDS]. ( Eichenlaub, D; Pohle, HD; Prüfer-Krämer, L; Rögler, G; Seibold, M; Staib, F, 1986)
"Cryptococcosis was the initial manifestation of the syndrome in 7 patients, and the initial opportunistic infection in an additional 7."1.27Cryptococcosis in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. ( Gelmann, EP; Gill, VJ; Kovacs, AA; Kovacs, JA; Lane, HC; Longfield, R; Overturf, G; Polis, M; Tuazon, CU; Wright, WC, 1985)
"The risk for AIDS patients from Cryptococcus neoformans is outlined on the basis of a case report on a 28-year old male patient whose disease was complicated by cryptococcosis."1.27[Cryptococcus neoformans meningoencephalitis in AIDS]. ( Bohle, C; Sinn, M; Staib, F; Werner, E, 1986)

Research

Studies (55)

TimeframeStudies, this research(%)All Research%
pre-199016 (29.09)18.7374
1990's28 (50.91)18.2507
2000's5 (9.09)29.6817
2010's3 (5.45)24.3611
2020's3 (5.45)2.80

Authors

AuthorsStudies
Lalloo, UG1
Komarow, L1
Aberg, JA1
Clifford, DB1
Hogg, E1
McKhann, A1
Bukuru, A1
Lagat, D1
Pillay, S1
Mave, V1
Supparatpinyo, K2
Samaneka, W1
Langat, D1
Ticona, E1
Badal-Faesen, S1
Larsen, RA3
Kalinoski, T1
Malenfant, J1
Yim, C1
Jeng, A1
O'Connor, L1
Van Anh, D1
Chau, TTH1
Chau, NVV1
Huong, LNP1
Wolbers, M1
Day, JN1
Chastain, DB1
Guarner, J1
Franco-Paredes, C1
Jackson, AT1
Nussbaum, JC1
Phulusa, J1
Namarika, D1
Chikasema, M1
Kanyemba, C1
Jarvis, JN1
Jaffar, S1
Hosseinipour, MC1
van der Horst, C1
Harrison, TS1
Munson, E1
Olson, R1
Liu, Z1
Wang, A1
Li, T1
Qin, S1
Sheng, R1
Woodworth, GF1
McGirt, MJ1
Williams, MA1
Rigamonti, D1
Linthicum, FH1
Krutikova, YV1
Barbaro, G1
Barbarini, G1
Di Lorenzo, G1
Hay, RJ1
Nelson, KE1
Merz, WG1
Breslin, BJ1
Cooper, CR1
Kamwan, C1
Sirisanthana, T1
Finazzi, R1
Guffanti, M1
Cernuschi, M1
Erembourg, L1
Capasso, G1
Ossi, C1
Gesu, G1
Jaruratanasirikul, S1
Rostomian, K1
Dugel, PU1
Kolahdouz-Isfahani, A1
Thach, AB1
Smith, RE1
Rao, NA1
Pfaller, M1
Zhang, J1
Messer, S1
Tumberland, M1
Mbidde, E1
Jessup, C1
Ghannoum, M1
Casper, T1
Basset, D1
Leclercq, C1
Fabre, J1
Peyron-Raison, N1
Reynes, J1
Rodero, L1
Córdoba, S1
Cahn, P1
Hochenfellner, F1
Davel, G1
Canteros, C1
Kaufman, S1
Guelfand, L1
Rambeloarisoa, J1
Batisse, D1
Thiebaut, JB1
Mikol, J1
Mrejen, S1
Karmochkine, M1
Kazatchkine, MD1
Weiss, L1
Piketty, C1
de Gans, J1
Portegies, P1
Tiessens, G1
Eeftinck Schattenkerk, JK1
van Boxtel, CJ1
van Ketel, RJ1
Stam, J1
Eloy, O1
Joly, V1
Ghnassia, JC1
Carbon, C1
Yeni, P1
Powderly, WG1
Pedrol, E1
Mallolas, J1
González-Clemente, JM1
Miró, JM1
Azón, A1
Gatell, JM1
Moreno, A1
Mensa, J1
Soriano, E1
Johnston, SR1
Corbett, EL1
Foster, O1
Ash, S1
Cohen, J1
White, M1
Cirrincione, C1
Blevins, A1
Armstrong, D1
Gazapo Carretero, E1
García Aguado, C1
Adrados de Llano, M1
Martínez Blanco, ML1
Verdejo Ortes, J1
González Lahoz, JM1
Glück, T1
Weber, P1
Wiedmann, KH1
Salavert, M1
Carrasco, R1
Roig, P1
Nieto, A1
Cervelló, A1
Navarro, V1
Buxton, MJ1
Dubois, DJ1
Turner, RR1
Sculpher, MJ1
Robinson, PA1
Searcy, C1
Sugar, AM1
Whelan, WL1
Kirsch, DR1
Kwon-Chung, KJ1
Wahl, SM1
Smith, PD1
Bozzette, SA1
Chiu, J1
Leal, MA2
Jacobsen, J1
Rothman, P1
Robinson, P1
Gilbert, G1
McCutchan, JA1
Tilles, J1
Ruf, B1
Chan, LS1
Laroche, R1
Deppner, M1
Floch, JJ1
Kadende, P1
Goasguen, J1
Saunière, JF1
Dupont, B1
Wong, RD1
Goetz, MB1
Scheld, WM1
Carney, MD1
Combs, JL1
Waschler, W1
Picon, L1
Vaillant, L1
Duong, T1
Lorette, G1
Bacq, Y1
Besnier, JM1
Choutet, P1
Hernandez, AD1
Chuck, SL1
Sande, MA1
Walsh, TJ1
Weinke, T1
Rögler, G2
Sixt, C1
de Matos-Marques, B1
Pohle, HD2
Staib, F4
Seibold, M3
Kotani, S1
Hirose, S1
Niiya, K1
Kubonishi, I1
Miyoshi, I1
Orefice, G1
Carrieri, PB1
Vecchione, V1
Chirianni, A1
Tullio-Cataldo, P1
Striano, S1
Poon, M1
Cronin, DC1
Wormser, GP1
Bottone, EJ1
Eng, RH1
Bishburg, E1
Smith, SM1
Kapila, R1
Guérin, JM1
Lebiez, PE1
Segrestaa, JM1
Prüfer-Krämer, L1
Eichenlaub, D1
Kovacs, JA1
Kovacs, AA1
Polis, M1
Wright, WC1
Gill, VJ1
Tuazon, CU1
Gelmann, EP1
Lane, HC1
Longfield, R1
Overturf, G1
Zuger, A1
Louie, E1
Holzman, RS1
Simberkoff, MS1
Rahal, JJ1
Bohle, C1
Sinn, M1
Werner, E1
McCluskey, PJ1
Wakefield, D1

Reviews

6 reviews available for flucytosine and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

ArticleYear
[Choice and monitoring of the treatment of systemic mycoses. Value and limitations of in vitro tests].
    Presse medicale (Paris, France : 1983), 1992, May-30, Volume: 21, Issue:20

    Topics: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Amphotericin B; Antifungal Agents; Candida; Candidiasis; Drug Th

1992
Therapy for cryptococcal meningitis in patients with AIDS.
    Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 1992, Volume: 14 Suppl 1

    Topics: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Amphotericin B; Animals; Fluconazole; Flucytosine; Humans; Menin

1992
Overview: cryptococcosis in the patient with AIDS.
    Mycopathologia, 1991, Volume: 114, Issue:3

    Topics: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Amphotericin B; Cryptococcosis; Fluconazole; Flucytosine; Humans

1991
[Cryptococcosis in AIDS: therapeutic concepts].
    Mycoses, 1990, Volume: 33 Suppl 1

    Topics: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Amphotericin B; Cryptococcosis; Drug Therapy, Combination; Fluco

1990
Cutaneous cryptococcosis.
    Dermatologic clinics, 1989, Volume: 7, Issue:2

    Topics: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Amphotericin B; Biopsy; Cryptococcosis; Cryptococcus neoformans;

1989
Recent advances in the treatment of systemic fungal infections.
    Methods and findings in experimental and clinical pharmacology, 1987, Volume: 9, Issue:11

    Topics: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Amphotericin B; Antifungal Agents; Drug Resistance, Microbial; D

1987

Trials

7 trials available for flucytosine and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

ArticleYear
Higher Dose Oral Fluconazole for the Treatment of AIDS-related Cryptococcal Meningitis (HIFLAC)-report of A5225, a multicentre, phase I/II, two-stage, dose-finding, safety, tolerability and efficacy randomised, amphotericin B-controlled trial of the AIDS
    PloS one, 2023, Volume: 18, Issue:2

    Topics: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Adult; Amphotericin B; Antifungal Agents; Drug Therapy, Combinat

2023
Antifungal Susceptibility Does Not Correlate With Fungal Clearance or Survival in AIDS-Associated Cryptococcal Meningitis.
    Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2021, 10-05, Volume: 73, Issue:7

    Topics: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Antifungal Agents; Fluconazole; Flucytosine; Humans; Meningitis,

2021
A phase II randomized controlled trial adding oral flucytosine to high-dose fluconazole, with short-course amphotericin B, for cryptococcal meningitis.
    AIDS (London, England), 2012, Jul-17, Volume: 26, Issue:11

    Topics: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Administration, Oral; Adult; Aged; AIDS-Related Opportunistic In

2012
Fluconazole vs. flucytosine in the treatment of esophageal candidiasis in AIDS patients: a double-blind, placebo-controlled study.
    Endoscopy, 1995, Volume: 27, Issue:5

    Topics: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Adult; AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections; Antifungal Agents;

1995
Itraconazole compared with amphotericin B plus flucytosine in AIDS patients with cryptococcal meningitis.
    AIDS (London, England), 1992, Volume: 6, Issue:2

    Topics: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Adult; Amphotericin B; Antifungal Agents; Drug Therapy, Combinat

1992
A placebo-controlled trial of maintenance therapy with fluconazole after treatment of cryptococcal meningitis in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. California Collaborative Treatment Group.
    The New England journal of medicine, 1991, Feb-28, Volume: 324, Issue:9

    Topics: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Adult; Aged; Cryptococcosis; Double-Blind Method; Drug Evaluatio

1991
Fluconazole compared with amphotericin B plus flucytosine for cryptococcal meningitis in AIDS. A randomized trial.
    Annals of internal medicine, 1990, Aug-01, Volume: 113, Issue:3

    Topics: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Adult; Amphotericin B; Cryptococcosis; Cryptococcus neoformans;

1990

Other Studies

42 other studies available for flucytosine and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

ArticleYear
Case Report: A Case of Severe Cryptococcal Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome Presenting with Brain and Intradural Abscesses in an HIV Patient.
    The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2020, Volume: 103, Issue:2

    Topics: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Amphotericin B; Anti-Inflammatory Agents; Anti-Retroviral Agents

2020
Cryptococcal antigen negative meningoencephalitis in HIV/AIDS.
    Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease, 2017, Volume: 89, Issue:2

    Topics: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Adult; Amphotericin B; Antifungal Agents; Antigens, Fungal; Cryp

2017
Photo quiz: a 38-year-old male with a 3-month history of abdominal pain, constipation, and headache.
    Journal of clinical microbiology, 2012, Volume: 50, Issue:11

    Topics: Abdominal Pain; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Adult; Amphotericin B; Antifungal Agents; CD4 Ly

2012
[A clinical study of 26 cases of cryptococcal meningitis].
    Zhonghua nei ke za zhi, 2002, Volume: 41, Issue:8

    Topics: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Adolescent; Adult; Amphotericin B; Child; Cryptococcus; Drainage

2002
The use of ventriculoperitoneal shunts for uncontrollable intracranial hypertension without ventriculomegally secondary to HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis.
    Surgical neurology, 2005, Volume: 63, Issue:6

    Topics: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Adult; AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections; Amphotericin B; Dr

2005
Temporal bone histopathology case of the month: acute hearing loss due to cryptococcal meningitis in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
    Otology & neurotology : official publication of the American Otological Society, American Neurotology Society [and] European Academy of Otology and Neurotology, 2007, Volume: 28, Issue:5

    Topics: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Adult; Amphotericin B; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Cochlear Nerve; Cr

2007
Drugs for AIDS and associated infections.
    The Medical letter on drugs and therapeutics, 1995, Oct-13, Volume: 37, Issue:959

    Topics: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections; Amphotericin B; Antifunga

1995
Cryptococcosis, AIDS, and clinical trials.
    Lancet (London, England), 1995, Mar-04, Volume: 345, Issue:8949

    Topics: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Amphotericin B; Cryptococcosis; Drug Resistance; Drug Therapy, C

1995
Response to antifungal therapy by human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients with disseminated Penicillium marneffei infections and in vitro susceptibilities of isolates from clinical specimens.
    Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 1993, Volume: 37, Issue:11

    Topics: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Amphotericin B; Antifungal Agents; Azoles; Flucytosine; Humans;

1993
Unusual presentation of cryptococcosis in a patient with AIDS.
    Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 1996, Volume: 22, Issue:4

    Topics: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Adult; AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections; Amphotericin B; An

1996
Amphotericin B with or without flucytosine followed by fluconazole as primary therapy for cryptococcal meningitis in patients with AIDS.
    The Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health, 1996, Volume: 27, Issue:4

    Topics: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Adult; Amphotericin B; Antifungal Agents; Drug Therapy, Combinat

1996
Presumed multifocal cryptococcol choroidopathy prior to specific systemic manifestation.
    International ophthalmology, 1997, Volume: 21, Issue:2

    Topics: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Adult; Amphotericin B; Antifungal Agents; Choroiditis; Cryptococ

1997
Molecular epidemiology and antifungal susceptibility of Cryptococcus neoformans isolates from Ugandan AIDS patients.
    Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease, 1998, Volume: 32, Issue:3

    Topics: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Antifungal Agents; Cluster Analysis; Cryptococcus neoformans; DN

1998
Disseminated acanthamoeba infection in a patient with AIDS: response to 5-fluorocytosine therapy.
    Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 1999, Volume: 29, Issue:4

    Topics: Acanthamoeba; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Adult; Amebiasis; Animals; Female; Flucytosine; Hu

1999
In vitro susceptibility studies of Cryptococcus neoformans isolated from patients with no clinical response to amphotericin B therapy.
    The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy, 2000, Volume: 45, Issue:2

    Topics: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Amphotericin B; Antifungal Agents; Cryptococcosis; Cryptococcus

2000
Intramedullary abscess resulting from disseminated cryptococcosis despite immune restoration in a patient with AIDS.
    The Journal of infection, 2002, Volume: 44, Issue:3

    Topics: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Adult; AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections; Amphotericin B; An

2002
[Cryptococcosis: presentation of 26 cases].
    Medicina clinica, 1992, Mar-14, Volume: 98, Issue:10

    Topics: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Amphotericin B; Antigens, Fungal

1992
Raised intracranial pressure and visual complications in AIDS patients with cryptococcal meningitis.
    The Journal of infection, 1992, Volume: 24, Issue:2

    Topics: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Adult; Amphotericin B; Blindness; Cranial Nerve Diseases; Crypto

1992
Cryptococcal meningitis: outcome in patients with AIDS and patients with neoplastic disease.
    The Journal of infectious diseases, 1992, Volume: 165, Issue:5

    Topics: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Adult; Amphotericin B; Antifungal Agents; Drug Therapy, Combinat

1992
[Cryptococcosis in AIDS patients: a study of 19 cases].
    Revista clinica espanola, 1992, Volume: 190, Issue:9

    Topics: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Adult; Amphotericin B; Cryptococcosis; Cryptococcus neoformans;

1992
[Cryptococcal meningitis in AIDS: successful long-term prophylaxis with fluconazole].
    Deutsche medizinische Wochenschrift (1946), 1991, Dec-20, Volume: 116, Issue:51-52

    Topics: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Adult; Amphotericin B; Antigens, Bacterial; Cryptococcus; Drug T

1991
[Meningitis caused by Candida albicans in a male patient infected by HIV and failure of treatment with amphotericin B].
    Neurologia (Barcelona, Spain), 1991, Volume: 6, Issue:8

    Topics: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Adult; Amphotericin B; Candidiasis; Drug Therapy, Combination; F

1991
Cost implications of alternative treatments for AIDS patients with cryptococcal meningitis. Comparison of fluconazole and amphotericin B-based therapies.
    The Journal of infection, 1991, Volume: 23, Issue:1

    Topics: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Administration, Oral; Amphotericin B; Costs and Cost Analysis; C

1991
Candida albicans in patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: absence of a novel of hypervirulent strain.
    The Journal of infectious diseases, 1990, Volume: 162, Issue:2

    Topics: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Bacterial Typing Techniques; Candida albicans; Candidiasis; Carb

1990
[Cryptococcosis in Bujumbura, Burundi. Apropos of 80 observed cases in 42 months].
    Bulletin de la Societe de pathologie exotique (1990), 1990, Volume: 83, Issue:2

    Topics: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Adult; Aged; Amphotericin B; Burundi; Cryptococcosis; Drug Thera

1990
Treatment of cryptococcal meningitis in AIDS.
    Annals of internal medicine, 1990, Dec-15, Volume: 113, Issue:12

    Topics: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Cryptococcosis; Flucytosine; Humans; Meningitis

1990
Treating systemic fungal infections in AIDS patients. Prolonging life against the odds.
    Postgraduate medicine, 1990, Volume: 88, Issue:8

    Topics: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Amphotericin B; Antifungal Agents; Azoles; Candidiasis; Cryptoco

1990
Cryptococcal choroiditis.
    Retina (Philadelphia, Pa.), 1990, Volume: 10, Issue:1

    Topics: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Adult; Amphotericin B; Antigens, Fungal; Choroiditis; Cryptococc

1990
Cutaneous cryptococcosis resembling molluscum contagiosum: a first manifestation of AIDS.
    Acta dermato-venereologica, 1989, Volume: 69, Issue:4

    Topics: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Adult; Biopsy; Cryptococcosis; Diagnosis, Differential; Flucytos

1989
Infections with Cryptococcus neoformans in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
    The New England journal of medicine, 1989, Sep-21, Volume: 321, Issue:12

    Topics: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Adult; Aged; Amphotericin B; Cryptococcosis; Cryptococcus neofor

1989
Cryptococcosis in AIDS patients: observations concerning CNS involvement.
    Journal of neurology, 1989, Volume: 236, Issue:1

    Topics: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Adult; Amphotericin B; Cryptococcosis; Flucytosine; Humans; Male

1989
Anaphylaxis to flucytosine in a patient with AIDS.
    JAMA, 1988, Dec-09, Volume: 260, Issue:22

    Topics: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Adult; Anaphylaxis; Drug Hypersensitivity; Flucytosine; Humans;

1988
Cryptococcal meningitis in AIDS patients. A two-case report.
    Acta neurologica, 1988, Volume: 10, Issue:1 ||||||||

    Topics: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Adolescent; Adult; Amphotericin B; Cryptococcosis; Drug Therapy,

1988
In vitro susceptibility of Cryptococcus neoformans isolates from patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
    Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine, 1988, Volume: 112, Issue:2

    Topics: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Amphotericin B; Antifungal Agents; Cryptococcus; Cryptococcus ne

1988
Mycological-diagnostic assessment of the efficacy of amphotericin B + flucytosine to control Cryptococcus neoformans in AIDS patients.
    Mycoses, 1988, Volume: 31, Issue:4

    Topics: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Adult; Amphotericin B; Cryptococcosis; Dose-Response Relationshi

1988
Cryptococcal infections in patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
    The American journal of medicine, 1986, Volume: 81, Issue:1

    Topics: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Amphotericin B; Antigens, Fungal; Cryptococcosis; Cryptococcus n

1986
[Acute disseminated cryptococcosis disclosing AIDS].
    Annales de medecine interne, 1987, Volume: 138, Issue:5

    Topics: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Acute Disease; Adult; Amphotericin B; Cryptococcosis; Flucytosin

1987
[Disseminated cryptococcosis in 2 AIDS patients. A contribution to cryptococcosis diagnosis in AIDS].
    Deutsche medizinische Wochenschrift (1946), 1986, Jul-04, Volume: 111, Issue:27

    Topics: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Adult; Amphotericin B; Cryptococcosis; Flucytosine; Humans; Male

1986
Cryptococcosis in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
    Annals of internal medicine, 1985, Volume: 103, Issue:4

    Topics: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Amphotericin B; Antibodies, Fungal; Antigens, Fungal; Cryptococc

1985
Cryptococcal disease in patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Diagnostic features and outcome of treatment.
    Annals of internal medicine, 1986, Volume: 104, Issue:2

    Topics: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Adult; Amphotericin B; Brain Diseases; Cryptococcosis; Drug Ther

1986
[Cryptococcus neoformans meningoencephalitis in AIDS].
    Klinische Wochenschrift, 1986, Feb-17, Volume: 64, Issue:4

    Topics: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Adult; Amphotericin B; Cryptococcosis; Drug Therapy, Combination

1986
Ocular involvement in the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS).
    Australian and New Zealand journal of ophthalmology, 1985, Volume: 13, Issue:3

    Topics: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Adult; Amphotericin B; Candidiasis, Oral; Cryptococcosis; Eyelid

1985