Research Notes on AIDS-Related Cryptococcal Meningitis
AIDS patients are at risk of developing Cryptococcal meningitis when their T-cell count is less than 100. The fungus cryptococcus neoformans is the culprit behind this disease. It exists in soil and bird droppings, and patients become exposed after inhaling small amounts in dust.1 Amphotericin B is one of the main drugs used to treat AIDS-related cryptococcal meningitis.2
Fast Facts:
- Cryptococci have large polysaccharide capsules that make it difficult for the body to remove them.3
- Patients with cryptococcal meningitis may experience an altered state of mind, behavioral changes, headache and fever.4
- AIDS-related cryptococcal meningitis often begins as a pulmonary infection which then spreads to the central nervous system.5
Top Resources on AIDS-Related Cryptococcal Meningitis
- rVita: Aids-Related Cryptococcal Meningitis Scientific Facts Overview (Apr. 2, 2008)
- eMedicine: Cryptococcosis, CNS
- Reuters (via Journal of Infectious Disease): Interferon May Help Curb AIDS-Related Cryptococcal Meningitis (2004)
- Aids Clinical Care (via Journal Watch): High-Dose Amphotericin B for Cryptococcal Meningitis (June 23, 2008)
- New Mexico AIDS Education and Training Center at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center (via AIDS InfoNET): What is Cryptococcal Meningitis? (Apr. 28, 2008)
- Wikipedia: Cryptococcal Meningitis | Cryptocaccal Neoformans | List of AIDS-Related Topics
- AIDSinfo: Amphotericin B
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Research Notes References
- ↑ New Mexico AIDS Education and Training Center at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center (via AIDS InfoNET): What is Cryptococcal Meningitis? (Apr. 28, 2008)
- ↑ AIDSinfo: Amphotericin B
- ↑ eMedicine: Cryptococcosis, CNS
- ↑ rVita: Aids-Related Cryptococcal Meningitis Scientific Facts Overview (Apr. 2, 2008)
- ↑ rVita: Symptoms of AIDS-Related Cryptococcal Meningitis
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