General Information (Fact Sheets and Guidelines)

• Cryptococcal Meningitis (AIDS InfoNet) and Spanish version
• Cryptococcal meningitis (Poz)
• Cyrptococcal meningitis (Project Inform)
• Fluconazole (Diflucan) (AIDS InfoNet) and Spanish version
• Fluconazole (AIDSinfo) and Spanish version
• Azithromycin (Zithromax) (AIDS Infonet) and Spanish version
• Fungal Infections  (The Well Project)
• Guidelines for the Prevention and Treatment of Opportunistic Infections in HIV-Infected Adults and Adolescents (CDC, National Institutes of Health, and the HIV Medicine Association of the Infectious Diseases Society of America)
• Guidelines for Prevention and Treatment of Opportunistic Infections among HIV-Exposed and HIV-Infected Children (AIDSInfo)

Selected Recent Articles

• Angina drug activity reveals possible new treatment strategy against cryptococcosis.  (June 2016, Healio)
• House committee hearing investigates recent drug price hikes.  (February 2016, Healio)
• Cryptococcal antigen screening recommended for HIV patients with low CD4 counts.  (May 2015, Healio)
• Study identifies factors associated with mortality in HIV-positive people with cryptococcal meningitis.  (January 2014, AIDSmap)
• Cryptococcal Meningitis Study Halted after Early HIV Treatment Linked to Higher Mortality. (June 2012, HIVandhepatitis)
• Cryptococcus May Be Misdiagnosed in People with AIDS. (September 2011, HIVandhepatitis)
• Meningitis-Causing Fungus Needs to Be Tested, HIV Researchers Say. (September 2011, Poz)
• Screening ART patients for cryptococcal disease is cost effective and will save lives. (December 2010, AIDSmap)
• Infections the main cause of CNS neurological problems in South African patients starting HIV treatment. (November 2010, AIDSmap)
• Risk of IRIS means that HIV treatment should be delayed for patients taking fluconazole for cryptococcal meningitis. (May 2010, AIDSmap)
• Vision loss affecting one in ten Ugandan people with HIV. (February 2010, AIDSmap)