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The role of serum cryptococcal antigen screening in reducing mortality of cryptococcal meningitis in Tertiary Care Hospital, Bangalore
Joint Event on 9th International Conference on Predictive, Preventive & Personalized Medicine & Molecular Diagnostics & 3rd International Conference on Integrative Medicine & Alternative treatments
October 26-27, 2018 | Boston, USA
Madhusudhan
Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute, India
Posters & Accepted Abstracts: Health Care Current Reviews
Abstract:
Risk of Cryptococcal infection is high among HIV with CD4 <100cells/mm3. Cryptococcal meningitis implies prolonged hospitalization with a mortality rate of 30-40 and thus high cost. Cryptococcal antigen (CrAg) is detectable in the serum, 3 weeks before symptoms of meningitis appear. Pre-emptive treatment of serum CrAg positive patients with fluconazole and anti-retroviral therapy have shown to improve survival. This period of asymptomatic antigenemia provides an opportunity to prevent fatal cryptococcal disease. Prevalence rates of Cryptococcal infection in asymptomatic to HIV infected patients in India. Hence it is recommended Cryptococcal antigen screening to be included in India???s National AIDS Program.
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E-mail: drmadhusudhank@gmail.com